LOCATIONS CONSIDERED A “PATIENT AREA”:
“Locations in hospitals and medical and dental practices in which it is intended that LV (mains-operated to 230 V) medical electrical equipment will be used. Locations in patients’ homes and other facilities intended for dialysis are also included.” – Australian Standards 2500:2004, Clause 1.4.4
LOCATIONS CONSIDERED A PATIENT AREA REQUIRING A BODY-PROTECTED ELECTRICAL AREA:
“The boundary of the body-protected electrical area extends to the walls enclosing the patient location(s) or, if such walls are incomplete (e.g. an entryway without a door) to the boundary formed if such walls or projections were extended. In this context, the following are not considered walls or boundaries:
(a) Partitions, dividers, screens, benches or moveable walls.
(b) Curtains.
NOTE: Nursing stations, staff bases, beverage areas, etc. located within the above boundary are part of the body-protected electrical area.
Body-protected electrical areas may contain one or more patient locations.” – Australian Standards 3003:2011, Clause 1.4.2
LOCATIONS CONSIDERED A PATIENT AREA REQUIRING A CARDIAC-PROTECTED ELECTRICAL AREA:
“The boundary of the cardiac-protected electrical area extends to the walls enclosing the patient location(s) or, if such walls are incomplete (e.g. an entryway without a door) to the boundary formed if such walls or projections were extended. In this context, the following are not considered walls or boundaries:
(a) Partitions, dividers, screens, benches or moveable walls.
(b) Curtains.
NOTE: Nursing stations, staff bases, beverage areas, etc. located within the above boundary are part of the cardiac-protected electrical area.
Cardiac-protected electrical areas may contain one or more patient locations.
Cardiac-protected electrical areas may contain one or more patient environments.” – Australian Standards 3003:2011, Clause 1.4.4
“A cardiac-protected electrical area is only required where it is intended that cardiac-type procedures will be undertaken.” – Australian Standards 3003:2011, Clause 2.2.1
LOCATIONS REQUIRED TO BE WIRED AS BODY-PROTECTED ELECTRICAL AREAS:
“The following locations shall be wired as body-protected electrical areas:
(a) Accident and emergency wards.
(b) Blood collection areas
(c) Chiropractic and physiotherapy treatment rooms.
(d) CT rooms.
(e) Day procedure theatres.
(f) Delivery suites.
(g) Dental surgeries.
(h) Endoscopy theatres and procedure rooms.
(i) General medical and surgical wards.
(j) High dependency wards.
(k) MRI rooms.
(l) Nurseries.
(m) Operating theatres intended for non-cardiac surgery.
(n) Patient ensuite bathrooms, shower rooms, toilets, etc.
(o) Patient examination rooms in outpatients.
(p) Plasmapherisis areas.
(q) Plaster rooms.
(r) Recovery areas or wards associated with operating theatres and imaging rooms.
(s) Respiratory function laboratories.
(t) Resuscitation bays.
(u) Stress test rooms.
(v) Treatment rooms.
(w) Ultrasound rooms.
(x) X-ray rooms.
(y) Doctors consulting room.
(z) Nursing homes.
Other locations in which it is intended that body-type procedures will be undertaken shall also be wired as body-protected electrical areas.” – Australian Standards 3003:2011, Clause 2.2.3
LOCATIONS REQUIRED TO BE WIRED AS “CARDIAC-PROTECTED ELECTRICAL AREAS”:
“The following locations shall be wired as cardiac-protected electrical areas:
(a) Cardiac catheter laboratories and control rooms.
(b) Cardiac ICU.
(c) CCU.
(d) ICU with regular thermodilution Swann-Ganz monitoring.
(e) Neo natal ICU (Level 3).
(f) Operating theatres for cardiac and thoracic surgery.
Other locations in which it is intended that cardiac-type procedures will be regularly or routinely undertaken shall also be wired as cardiac-protected electrical areas.” – Australian Standards 3003:2011, Clause 2.2.2.1
