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[Electrical risks and safety during the monitoring (author's transl)]. 1979

M Cara, and R J Plaszczynski

The different sorts of medical equipment, whose number is constantly increasing in the last few years in the patients environment, entail several kinds of risk for patients, users and surroundings. The authors give a few examples of these risks, which may occur in particular during the monitoring of physiological parameters and urge the people concerned to observe, in their own interest, the very strict safety rules imposed by the new I.S.O. (International Organization for Standardization) and I.E.C. (International Electrotechnical Commission) international standards. These standards, already made known through official publications, or as intended to replace national standards, which are often out of date in comparison to the evolution of medical technology. It is regretable that some people responsible for medical research have not attached sufficient importance to the safety problems of equipment used in medical practice.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008991	Monitoring, Physiologic	The continuous measurement of physiological processes, blood pressure, heart rate, renal output, reflexes, respiration, etc., in a patient or experimental animal; includes pharmacologic monitoring, the measurement of administered drugs or their metabolites in the blood, tissues, or urine.	Patient Monitoring,Monitoring, Physiological,Physiologic Monitoring,Monitoring, Patient,Physiological Monitoring
D012015	Reference Standards	A basis of value established for the measure of quantity, weight, extent or quality, e.g. weight standards, standard solutions, methods, techniques, and procedures used in diagnosis and therapy.	Standard Preparations,Standards, Reference,Preparations, Standard,Standardization,Standards,Preparation, Standard,Reference Standard,Standard Preparation,Standard, Reference
D002058	Burns, Electric	Burns produced by contact with electric current or from a sudden discharge of electricity.	Electric Burns,Burn, Electric,Electric Burn
D004556	Electric Injuries	Injuries caused by electric currents. The concept excludes electric burns (BURNS, ELECTRIC), but includes accidental electrocution and electric shock.	Electrocution, Accidental,Injuries, Electric,Accidental Electrocution,Accidental Electrocutions,Electric Injury,Electrocutions, Accidental,Injury, Electric
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012306	Risk	The probability that an event will occur. It encompasses a variety of measures of the probability of a generally unfavorable outcome.	Relative Risk,Relative Risks,Risk, Relative,Risks,Risks, Relative
D012449	Safety	Freedom from exposure to danger and protection from the occurrence or risk of injury or loss. It suggests optimal precautions in the workplace, on the street, in the home, etc., and includes personal safety as well as the safety of property.	Safeties