The New Zealand Society of Biomedical Technology Incorporated

NZ STANDARDS

  A list of Safety and Performance Standards currently used in New Zealand as either New Zealand specific or joint New Zealand/Australian Standards.

    Information for this page has been provided by the Standards Association of New Zealand from their 1996 list with their kind permission.

AS/NZS 2500 Guide to the safe use of electricity in patient care
AS/NZS 3551.2004 Technical Management Programs for Medical Devices
NZS 6150:1990 Approval and test specification - Medical Electrical Equipment - General requirements for safety
AS/NZS 3200 Approval and Test Specification - Medical Electrical Equipment
AS/NZS 3200.1 General Requirements for Safety
AS/NZS 3200.2.14:1992 Electroconvulsive Therapy Equipment
AS/NZS 3200.2.16:1992 Haemodialysis Equipment
AS/NZS 3200.2.18:1992 Endoscopic Equipment
AS/NZS 3200.2.200:1992 Oxygen Concentrators for Individual Patient Use
AS/NZS 3200.2.2:1992 High Frequency Surgical Equipment
AS/NZS 3200.2.3:1992 Short-wave Therapy Equipment
AS/NZS 3200.2.4:1993 Cardiac Defibrillators and Cardiac Defibrillator-Monitors
AS/NZS 3200.2.5:1992 Ultrasonic Therapy Equipment
AS/NZS 3200.2.6:1992 Microwave Therapy Equipment
AS/NZS 3200.2.21:1994 Infant Radiant Warmers
AS/NZS 3200.2.22:1993 Diagnostic and Therapeutic Laser Equipment
AS/NZS 3200.2.23:1994 Transcutaneous Partial Pressure Monitoring Equipment
AS/NZS 3200.2.25:1993 Electrocardiographs
AS/NZS 3200.2.26:1995 Electroencephalographs
AS/NZS 3200.2.27:1996 Electrocardiograph Monitoring Equipment
AS/NZS 3200.2.30:1996 Automatic Cycling Indirect Blood Pressure Monitoring Equipment
AS/NZS 3200.2.31:1996 External Cardiac Pacemakers with Internal Power Source
AS/NZS 3200.2.34:1996 Direct Blood Pressure Monitoring Equipment
AS/NZS 4173:1994 Guide to Safe Use of Lasers in Health Care
AS/NZS 4236:1994 Respiratory Therapy Equipment - Jet Nebulizer Air Pumps
AS/NZS 4237:1994 Respiratory Therapy Equipment - Peak Expiratory Flow Meters
AS/NZS 4374:1996 Ultrasonics - Hand Held probe Doppler Foetal Heartbeat Detectors - Performance Requirements and Methods of Measurement and Reporting
NZS 6150:1990 Approval and test specification - Medical Electrical Equipment - General requirements for safety
NZS 7101:1981 Specification for Medical Gas Cylinders, Valves and Yoke Connections