HOSPITAL GRADE POWER STRIPS
What is a medical-grade power strip? Power is an obvious essential for healthcare facilities. Medical staff relies on it to ensure optimal patient care, and patients depend on it for comfort and recovery. Medical-grade power strips are an effective way for healthcare facilities to achieve reliable power that complies with industry standards. A Medical-grade receptacle and plug enhance safety and reliability.
What are patient care areas, and how can they impact your facility? A patient care vicinity is an area directly around the patient that is intended for examination and treatment. A patient care vicinity extends 6 feet (1.8 meters) beyond the normal location of the bed, chair, table, treadmill, or another device that supports the patient during examination and treatment. This area also extends vertically 7.5 feet (2.3 meters) above the floor. Patient Care Room: Any room of a health care facility where patients are examined or treated is considered to be a patient care room. Basic Care Room: This is a room where equipment or system failure is not likely to cause injury or death to patients or caregivers. This includes examination or treatment rooms in clinics, medical and dental offices, nursing homes, and limited-care facilities.
Know the Right Standards for Your Facility
National codes and standards keep patients, personnel and facilities safe. Here are some codes and standards related to the use of medical-grade power strips in your healthcare facility. NFPA 99 – Health Care Facilities Code: Understand the levels of healthcare services based on risk to patients, staff or visitors in healthcare facilities. Use this information to minimize fire, explosion and electricity hazards. This code discusses installation, inspection, testing, maintenance, performance and safe practices for facilities, material, equipment and appliances.
NFPA 70 (National Electric Code) Article 517 – Health Care Facilities: This article applies to electrical construction and installation criteria in healthcare facilities. The requirements apply to single-function and multifunction buildings. UL 60601-1 – Medical Electrical Equipment, Part 1: General Requirements for Safety: Learn the general requirements for medical electrical equipment safety. UL 60950-1 – Information Technology Equipment – Safety, Part 1: General Requirements: Use this information to reduce risks of fire, electric shock or injury to personnel who operate equipment in your facility. UL 1363A – Special Purpose Relocatable Power Taps: Learn the requirements for using Special Purpose Relocatable Power Taps (SPRPT) in general patient areas or critical patient care areas. Use SPRPT to supply power to movable equipment that is rack-, table-, or pedestal mounted.
Successfully Incorporate Power Strips Into Your Healthcare Applications In today's healthcare facilities, it's more important than ever to have reliable, safe access to power. With updated codes and standards, we can access more power through medical-grade power strips. Choose the right power strips to ensure that your healthcare facility is compliant with the most up-to-date safety regulations. Safeguard your patients and personnel with the right electrical equipment for your facility. Our Hospital-grade power strips are fully compliant with UL 60601-1 regulations for use in patient-care vicinities. Brooks Power Systems 2 Marlen Drive Hamilton, New Jersey, USA Email: sales@brookspower.com Post Code: NJ 08691 Ph: 800-523-1551 www.brookspower.com