The recent pandemic has driven medical facilities around the world to the brink; hospital beds have been earmarked, and ultimately filled, to treat and care for Covid-19 patients while others with “less life-threatening” conditions have either been asked to wait it out or risk their own health at those same facilities in which tests and treatment are being administered. While these patients require care, not all need to be in the presence of a physician to receive it. This, along with an ageing population and the rising costs of hospital-based care, is driving growth of remote healthcare management.
With the convenience of remote or home-based care comes a challenge though; regulatory authorities (and OEMs) must determine fitting safety considerations for these technologies. In contrast to a hospital or traditional healthcare facility, a patient’s home is an uncontrolled venue where no skilled equipment operators are present and proper electrical installation is not a given. With this in mind, additional measures are critical to ensuring safe use of medical electrical equipment – now standardised as the 60601-1-11 collateral constraints for medical electrical equipment and systems deployed in a home healthcare setting.
TT Electronics plc (LON:TTG) is a provider of engineered electronics applications for performance-critical applications. The Company works with customers in the industrial, medical, aerospace and defence, and transportation sectors.
