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EVS-EN 1789:2020

Medical vehicles and their equipment - Road ambulances

General information
Withdrawn from 29.12.2023
Base Documents
EN 1789:2020
Directives or regulations
93/42/EEC Medical devices (MDD)

Although the standard’s status is withdrawn, it still has the presumption of conformity in the meaning of regulation 93/42/EEC and conformance with the regulation ’s requirements can be guaranteed by using the withdrawn version of the standard. The presumption of conformity is valid until a corresponding amendment is published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
 
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Standard history

Status
Date
Type
Name
29.12.2023
Main + amendment
15.09.2020
Main
06.10.2014
Main + amendment
EVS-EN 1789:2008+A2:2014
This European Standard specifies requirements for the design, testing, performance and equipping of road ambulances used for the transport, monitoring, treatment and care of patients. It contains requirements for the patient’s compartment in terms of the working environment, ergonomic design and the safety of the crew and patients.This European Standard does not cover the training of the staff which is the responsibility of the authority/authorities in the country where the ambulance is to be registered.
This European Standard is applicable to road ambulances capable of transporting at least one person on a stretcher and excludes the transportation of hospital beds.
This standard also specifies requirements for ambulances intended to carry transport incubator systems.
The European Standard covers the specific requirements of each type of road ambulance which are
designated according to the patient condition e.g. patient transport road ambulance types A1, A2, B and C.
This European Standard gives general requirements for medical devices carried in road ambulances and used therein and outside hospitals and clinics in situations where the ambient conditions can differ from normal indoor conditions.
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