Safety Directions For Installation Planning Activities - AGFA DRYSTAR 5302 5366 Service Manual

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Safety Directions for Installation Planning Activities

Install equipment in the patient environment only, if it is classified as "Type B equipment".
Install all equipment outside the patient environment, which is not classified as "Type B
equipment". Refer to the specifications in the user manual of the system or product. For
definition of the patient environment see dimensions in the figure below.
Protecting CR (Computed Radiography) equipment against scattered X-Rays:
WARNING:
Image plate is sensitive for X-rays. Poor image quality possible.
The digitizer and the cassette storage shall be protected against X-ray radiation this way,
that the annual dose equivalent at the installation place will not exceed 1 mSv.
Protecting Film-Screen Systems against scattered X-Rays:
WARNING:
Film is sensitive for X-rays. Poor image quality possible.
The film-screen system shall be protected against X-ray radiation this way, that the annual
dose equivalent at the installation place will not exceed 1 mSv.
The controlled version of this document is available from the Agfa HealthCare Library. Any printed copy of this document is uncontrolled.
Edition 1, Revision 5
04-2014
Patient vicinity
R = 1.5 m / 4.9 feet (EN 60601-1) or
h = 2.5 m / 8.2 feet (EN 60601-1) or 2.29 / 7.5 feet (UL 60601-1)
Generic Safety Directions for HealthCare Imaging Products
R
Patient vicinity
h
1.83 m / 6 feet (UL 60601-1)
DOCUMENT CONTROL NOTE:
Generic Safety Directions
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