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Interpower Hospital Grade Plug Video
The North American hospital and medical industry frequently sees problems with hospital grade cords. These problems typically occur in frequent, and urgent, connect and disconnect applications where plugs are quickly pulled from the socket. This action typically results in damage to the plug blades, causing them to be bent and later re-straightened. The outcome of this activity is a loosening of the blades or ground pins or a cracking of the brass blades; resulting in possible arcing, smoke or fire. If the blades are bent you should replace the power cord and NOT straighten the blades or the ground contact. This video instructs you on how to correctly plug and unplug the power cord from the outlet to avoid these problems.
International
Cords
Power cords, cordsets, and particularly the plugs on cords are subject
to special rules in North
America, Denmark,
and Australia/New
Zealand. Aside from these regions, power cords and cordsets for
medical equipment throughout the world are no different than cords
used for non-medical equipment in each market.
Plugs
and Sockets North America, Denmark and Australia/New Zealand are the only areas of the world which recommend the use of a clear plug for medical applications. Interpower™ North American hospital-grade plugs, connectors, and receptacles carry the "green dot" signifying that they have been designed and tested for grounding reliability, assembly integrity, strength, and durability.
Power
Entry Modules Special medical requirements place significance on fusing and filtering when selecting components used in medical equipment. Patient-connected medical equipment can be subjected to low-leakage current requirements. The use of a low leakage filter in the 5µA range at 250VAC is desirable. In addition, fusing of both line and neutral connectors may be required (i.e. double fusing).
Socket
Strips
Interpower medical NEMA socket strips are now required under UL to have covers on all hospital-grade outlets. These outlets are accessible only with use of a tool. Two Accessory Power strips are also available for medical applications.
