Applies to remote-controlled automatically driven electro-medical equipment for gamma-ray therapy of human subjects using afterloading. This Standard is to be read in conjunction with AS 3200.1.0-1990. It is identical with and reproduced from IEC 601-2-17:1989.

This clause of the General Standard applies except as follows: 1.1 Scope Addition:This Particular Standard specifies requirements for the safety of remote-controlled automatically-driven EQUIPMENT for gamma-ray therapy of human subjects usingAFTERLOADING.This Standard specifies requirements for AFTERLOADING EQUIPMENT- which contains and uses only gamma-ray SEALED RADIOACTIVE SOURCES,- which automatically drives the gamma-ray SEALED RADIOACTIVE SOURCE(S) from a STORAGE CONTAINER to a treatment position inside the SOURCE APPLICATOR(S),- which is designed for connection to a PATIENT, and- with which movements of the RADIOACTIVE SOURCE(S) are carried out automatically by the EQUIPMENT according to a prescribed programme using a powered mechanism whose changes are controlled by the CONTROLLING TIMER(S) and TIMING DEVICES that are either programmable electronic systems (computer or microprocessors) or non-programmable systems (see also note to Sub-clause 3.2).This Standard is not intended to apply to EQUIPMENT with neutron RADIOACTIVE SOURCES.

Amendment 1 to AS/NZS 3200.2.17:1994 see DR 96371 First published as Joint Standard AS/NZS 3200.2.17:1994.