About the Training Course

This is a five day introductory-level EMF training course comprising 3 learning modules that combine to provide you with the essential knowledge required to help you minimise the risks and promote an electrically safe and interference-free hospital environment.

Electromagnetic Fields and Interference Issues that affect the Healthcare/Medical Devices Industry:
On the 24th April 2004, a new Directive (2004/40/EC) was published in the Official Journal of the European Union to limit exposure to physical agents (Electromagnetic Fields, EMF) to all employees. The ‘EMF Directive’ has been transposed into UK law, and the whole healthcare industry will have to perform an assessment of the EMF exposure to all staff, as it will be a legal requirement.
Since the implementation of the Medical Devices Directive (MDD) in 1998, electro-medical equipment is required to comply with the electrical safety requirements (BS EN 60601-1-1:2001) and the electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) requirements (BS EN60601-1-2:2002) to be allowed to carry the CE marking.
Within the hospital environment, professionals involved must become competent managers of EMC and electrical safety.

Who is this training course for?

• Electro-medical equipment designers
• Medical physicists
• Technicians working in hospitals
• Managers responsible for Clinical Governance and patient safety
• Healthcare facilities construction engineers

Attendees are expected to hold a recognised engineering qualification: HND, BEng, MEng or equivalent

Training Course Content

This unique course has been designed to provide you with an introduction to EMF, EMC, electrical safety issues for electro-medical equipment, and risk management techniques.

• Electromagnetic Field (EMF) Directive
• Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC)
• Electromagnetic Risk Management for Medical Devices and Hospital Equipment
• Electrical Safety for Medical Devices

Module 1 – Regulations, Standards and Risk Management

• The Hospital EM Environment
• The EMF Directive
• Definition and Demonstration of EMC with Propagation and Coupling Mechanisms
• The EMC Directive
• The New EMC Directive
• The EU Medical Devices Directive
• EMF & EMC Management
• Wireless Communications in the Hospital Environment
• EMF & EMC issues in Building Construction, with Case-study
• Practical Session: On-site Risk Evaluation and Risk Management in the Hospital Ward
• An overview of EMC Testing required by EN60601-1-2

Module 2 – Design for EMC and Electrical Safety

• Overview of EMC Design Principles
• Conducted Interference
• EMC on a PCB
• Transmission Lines, Crosstalk and Cable Coupling
• Screening and Enclosures
• Electrical Safety for Medical Devices EN60601-1-1
• Principles of Electrical safety
• Electrical safety: Creepage & Clearance, Tests & Measurement
• Electrical Safety: Case Studies and Practical Demonstrations

Module 3 – EMC Testing Workshop

• An all-day Practical EMC Testing Workshop that will cover practical laboratory testing of equipment for electromagnetic emissions and susceptibility to interference.

About the Lecturers

• Dr Martin Robinson
• Prof Andy Marvin
• Dr John Dawson
• Dr Steve Smye
Head of Department of Medical Physics & Engineering, St James’ University Hospital, Leeds and former President of IPEM.
• Mr Ian Cutler
ABHI, Regulatory Affairs Consultant to the Medical Devices Industry
• Dr Didier Bozec
• Mr Chris Marshman
• Dr Dave Welsh
• Mr Nick Wainwright
• Mr Ian Gillham