Book Description
Because of their increasing size and complexity, today’s health care facilities have become more and more dependent upon safe, adequate, and reliable electrical systems. The term health care facilities includes references to buildings or parts of buildings that contain hospitals, nursing homes, residential custodial care facilities, clinics, ambulatory health care centers, and medical and dental offices. Most of the equipment used is sensitive to electrical disturbances and requires a very reliable power source. The IEEE White Book provides the recommended practices for the design and operation of electric systems in these health care facilities.
The purpose of the IEEE White Book is to promote the use of sound engineering principles in the design and operation of health care facilities. It probably will be of greatest value to the power-oriented engineer with limited health care experience. It can be a resource to anyone responsible for the electrical design of health care facilities, but it should only be considered a guide and not a replacement for the many textbooks and handbooks currently in use.
The IEEE White Book will help electrical systems designers in many ways. One way is by achieving protection of life and preservation of property through operational considerations that reduce electrical failures.The IEEE White Book also provides information on maintenance where there is a minimum need for specialized services. Another benefit to designers is the provision of design considerations that recognize the flexibility of electrical systems in terms of layout and placement, and that fulfill the requirements for proper electrical installation. Thus, the IEEE White Book serves to alert electrical engineers, designers, and health care operating personnel to the many problems that are encountered in the design and operation of health care facilities. This awareness will help to develop concern for the professional aspects of health care facility engineering. |
