BODY PROTECTED CIRCUITRY

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According to AS 3003:2011, a body protected electrical space is a patient care location that needs to undergo yearly routine inspection and testing. The standard requires that all patient areas be body-protected or cardiac-protected areas. A patient area is defined as a location in which it is intended that low voltage (50-1000V) electrical medical equipment will be used.

Body Protected Electrical Area testing is specialised electrical testing carried out in hospitals, aged care, health care, medical and dental facilities. 

• Accident & Emergency Wards.
• Blood Collection Areas.
• Chiropractic & Physiotherapy Treatment
  Rooms.
• CT Rooms.
• Day Procedure Theatres.
• Delivery Suits.
• Dental Surgeries.
• Endoscopy Theatres & Procedure Rooms.
• General Medical & Surgical Wards.
• High Dependency Wards.
• MRI Rooms.
• Nurseries.
• Operating Theatres intended for Non-
• Cardiac surgery.
• Patient Ensuite Bathrooms, Shower Rooms,
  Toilets etc.
• Patient Examination Rooms in Outpatients
• Plasmapheresis Areas
• Plaster Rooms
• Recovery Areas or Wards associated with Operating Theatres & Imaging Rooms
• Respiratory Function Laboratories
• Resuscitation Bays
• Stress Test Rooms
• Treatment Rooms
• Ultrasound Rooms
• X-ray Rooms
• Doctors Consulting Rooms
• Nursing Homes

Body protection is a requirement of the Standard AS/NZS 3003.2011 and therefore compulsory for any new medical or dental fit out