MEIGaN - Medical Electrical Installation Guidance

This document is intended to be used by healthcare organisations and medical devices suppliers responsible for permanent electrical installation of medical devices and associated equipment in diagnostic imaging (including dental X-ray units) and radiotherapy rooms/suites. Its requirements are intended for application by staff with electrical knowledge.

Healthcare organisations should include as a condition of contract that 'the electrical installation shall meet the requirements of BS 7671 IEE Wiring Regulations, MEIGaN, HTM 2007 and BS EN 60601-1-1:2001.'

The text of this document has been produced by the MHRA in consultation with representatives from: DH Estates and Facilities Division; the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Ireland administrations; NHS electrical experts; medical device suppliers and pre-installation companies.

Version 2 has:

  • a new section on mechanical and engineering requirements
  • additional information on over-current protection, residual current detectors, clean earth sockets, UPS and IPS systems and electrical safety checks on MR systems.
  • updated references


This document may also be of use to persons installing permanently installed medical devices in other clinical areas, but has not yet been agreed by interested parties concerned with installations other than for imaging and radiotherapy.

Using the document
This guidance is for new buildings, refurbished rooms and transportable diagnostic or treatment rooms and is not retrospective.

Purchasers and suppliers shall not change the original text. Any changes shall be listed in an addendum.

For more information please e-mail:  brian.mansfield@mhra.gsi.gov.uk

First edition (v1.0) published June 2005
Second edition (v2.0) published September 2007

 Document support

The next MEIGaN course will take place on 08 and 09 September 2008 at Towcester.

For booking forms and details go to the Trans-euro website.

 

 


Page last modified: 06 June 2005