CAN/CSA-C22.2 NO. 60601-2-13-07 (R2012):2007 Edition

Preface

This is the third edition of CAN/CSA-C22.2 No. 60601-2-13, Medical electrical equipment – Part 2-13: Particular requirements for the safety and essential performance of anaesthetic systems, which is an adoption, with Canadian deviations, of the identically titled IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) Standard 60601-2-13 (third edition, 2003-05), including Amendment 1:2006. It supersedes the previous edition published in 2002 as CAN/CSA-C22.2 No. 60601-2-13, Medical electrical equipment – Part 2-13: Particular requirements for the safety of anaesthetic workstations (adopted IEC 60601-2-13:1998). At the time of publication, IEC 60601-2-13:2003 and Amendment 1:2006 are available from IEC in English only. CSA will publish the French versions when they become available from IEC.

Scope

This clause of the General Standard applies except as follows:

Addition

This Particular Standard specifies safety and essential performance requirements for an ANAESTHETIC SYSTEM (as defined in 2.101.7) as well as individual devices designed for use in an ANAESTHETIC SYSTEM.

This Particular Standard does not apply to: – ANAESTHETIC SYSTEM(S) intended for use with flammable anaesthetic agents, as determined by Annex DD, – portable ANAESTHETIC SYSTEM(S) for use in remote sites, open fields for rescue operations or in disaster areas, – dental analgesia apparatus.