Standards · Particular standard
IEC 60825-1
IEC 60825-1: laser product safety and classes
In plain words
What it covers.
The base standard for laser products. It defines laser classes (1, 1M, 2, 2M, 3R, 3B, 4) by accessible emission. Most surgical and therapeutic lasers are Class 4: hazardous to eyes and skin from direct and scattered beams, and a fire risk. It drives the controls in IEC 60601-2-22, the nominal ocular hazard distance used to define the controlled area, and the eyewear's optical density at the wavelength.
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Devices
Devices it applies to.
Each device in the Medical City Device Lab, with its Device Library course on the Platform.