EN 60601-2-38

Area	Medical technology
title	Medical electrical equipment - Part 2-38: Particular requirements for the safety of electrically operated hospital beds.
Latest edition	2001-07 (withdrawn)
ISO	IEC 60601-2-38: 1996 + A1: 2000

The EN 60601-2-38 titled "Medical electrical equipment - Part 2-38: Particular requirements for the safety of electrically operated hospital beds" was part of the series of standards EN 60601 .

The DIN standard DIN EN 60601-2-38 is published by the German Institute for Standardization .

The standard is based on the international version IEC 60601-2-38. Within the framework of the VDE standards, the standard is classified as VDE 0750-2-38 , see DIN-VDE standards part 7 .

This supplementary standard regulates general specifications for the safety, tests and guidelines for electrically operated hospital beds . The purpose is to describe features of the basic safety as well as tests and to give additional instructions for their application.

validity

The German edition July 2001 is accepted as a German standard from the date of its publication .

The last version (7.2001) was to be used in accordance with the 2nd edition of DIN EN 60601-1 .

EN 60601-2-52 : 2010-12 replaces EN 60601-2-38 , which was withdrawn when it appeared

extra information

The following requirements were contained in EN 60601-2-38 (extract):

Protection against mechanical hazards (drivability, suspended masses, stability, load strength)
Protection against dangers from penetrating liquids
Error cases
construction