CAN/CSA-CEI/IEC 1288-2-98 (R2012)

This National Standard of Canada is equivalent to International Technical Report IEC 1288-2:1993. 1 Scope This technical report contains guidelines regarding maintenance to be performed on CARDIAC DEFIBRILLATORS, as defined in clause 3 below, by clinical engineering personnel. This report does not apply to automatic implantable DEFIBRILLATORS and automatic external DEFIBRILLATORS. The application guidelines of this report deal with the maintenance of CARDIAc DEFIBRILLATORS constructed according to the safety requirements of IEC 601-1 and 601-2-4 (see clause 2 below). Not all existing CARDIAC DEFIBRILLATORS meet the requirements of current International Standards, the guidelines laid down in this report will still be helpful when maintaining these devices.