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Who services medical devices?

Ensuring you get the right Service Technician is critical to ensure correct compliance.

Testing of medical devices is normally undertaken by a professional biomedical technician. The technician will typically have an extensive electronics background, knowledge of medical devices and be fully conversant with the Standard AS/NZS 3551:2004. The technician will maintain the full suite of testing equipment to ensure that all necessary tests are undertaken for both electrical safety and performance (checking that the devices work correctly).

Electricians and other service technicians normally test to a different Standard (AS/NZS 3760:2003 Domestic Appliances). The testing they do is normally suitable for fridges and microwaves but not for medical equipment.   Your organization, staff and patients/clients may be subject to safety risk if your medical devices have not been tested to the correct Standard. Compliance risk also exists where not all required electrical and performance tests have been completed.

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