British Standards Institution

Source:: CEN
Committee:: CH/239/1 - (Disbanded 02.09.2022 See CH/239) Medical Vehicles and their Equipment - Stretchers and other Patient Handling Equipment
Categories:: Information management | Standardization. General rules | Healthcare | Medical equipment | Engineering | Road vehicles engineering | Special purpose vehicles

Scope

This European Standard specifies the minimum requirements for the design and performance of stretcher supports that are installed in road ambulances to hold the main stretcher or incubator systems in accordance with EN 18651, EN 18652 and EN 139762 to ensure patient and operators safety and to minimise the physical effort required by staff operating the equipment. In this European Standard reference is made to EN 1789.

Purpose

Follow up of Decision 202108 taken at 35th plenary meeting. Furthermore new technologies will be adopted which willopen up new opportunities crucial for ergonomic improvements for the ambulance staff. Also changes from the latest EN 1789 version, the latest EN 139762 version and the remaining EN 1865 series will be reflected. So far, the revision is NOT intented to consider the standardisation mandate M/575 since this part does not cover a classical medical device. If some country wishes to add EN 18655 to the Mandate M/575 please leave a comment.

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Standard timeline

1. Proposal

Proposal start date:

13/12/2021

Proposal end date:

01/02/2022

2. Draft

3. Public Comments

4. Comment Resolution

5. Approval

6. Publication

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Standards Development

CEN/TC 239 N 837, Revision of an EN 1865Â5 2012 Patient handling equipment used in road ambulances Part 5: Stretcher support

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