Standards · Particular standard
ISO 80601-2-56
ISO 80601-2-56: clinical thermometers
In plain words
What it covers.
The standard for clinical thermometers for body temperature. The 2017 edition sets a laboratory accuracy of ±0.3 °C within the rated output range (a new edition is in preparation), and the manufacturer must state the clinical accuracy (bias and limits of agreement) from a clinical study. Tympanic and temporal thermometers depend on probe covers and technique; a blackbody or the manufacturer's calibrator is used to check them.
A summary written by BMEssentia for learning, not the text of the standard. Always work from the current official edition and the manufacturer's instructions.
Devices
Devices it applies to.
Each device in the Medical City Device Lab, with its Device Library course on the Platform.