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IRECTION 5771498-100, REVISION 6 VENUE™ SERVICE MANUAL
1-16 Section 1-1 - Overview
PRELIMINARY
Environment. The patient environment/vicinity is depicted as a dashed line in this procedure - see
the example in Figure 1-1.
• Patient Environment EN 60601-1
Sub clause 3.79 - Patient Environment
It is difficult for this standard to define dimensions for the volume in which diagnosis, monitoring or
treatment occurs. The dimensions for the PATIENT ENVIRONMENT given in Figure 1-2 have been
justified in practice.
Figure 1-1 Patient Safety Environment
Figure 1-2 Example of Patient Environment