Chapter-07 Equipment, Hazards and Safety
BOOK TITLE: Srimathi’s Electrotherapeutic Agents Manual
Author
1. Srinivasan N
ISBN
9789350251041
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/11276_8
Edition
1/e
Publishing Year
2011
Pages
9
Author Affiliations
1.
Sanjana’s Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Centre, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India
Chapter keywords
electrical instruments,
physiotherapy departments,
practitioner,
physiotherapist,
electrotherapy equipment,
trial use of equipment,
hazards of electrophysical equipments,
macroshock,
microshock,
power supply,
short circuit,
current leakage,
defective circuit,
power pins,
three pin plugs,
main power outlet switch,
ground fault circuit interrupter,
frayed plug,
open switch and connections,
low or high frequency currents fields or waves,
radiator pipes,
water pipes,
patient,
therapist,
ventilation of the equipment,
tridymite formation,
oxidation presence,
clinical or biomedical engineering,
servicing or maintenance of the equipment