Title :
Safety system with harmless first fault: Complete & medical IT-system
Author :
Parise, G. ; Mazzetti, C. ; Parise, L. ; Fiamingo, F.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Astronaut., Electr. & Energetics Eng., Sapienza Univ. of Rome, Rome, Italy
Abstract :
In electrical power systems, such as data centers and hospitals, where service continuity is essential, the electrical operation management must be organized and it is necessary to have an emergency response team available at all times (24/7). In hospitals, for instance, doctors, surgeons, administrators, medical devices are rightly at the forefront, but electrical and technological systems and team of technicians are wrongly considered as ancillaries. The paper emphasizes the importance of the Business Continuity Management (BCM) and highlights how IT-M systems have not to carry out power outage for fault both due to overcurrent and also due to overvoltage. When a fault occurs during a surgical operation, the protection system shall include a count-down time so that emergency response team must solve the problem before the system collapses.
Keywords :
business continuity; emergency power supply; fault diagnosis; medical computing; overcurrent protection; power system management; safety systems; BCM; IT-M systems; business continuity management; complete & medical IT-system; electrical operation management; electrical power systems; emergency response team; harmless first fault; medical devices; protection system; safety system; surgical operation; technological systems; Circuit faults; Current measurement; Electrical Safety; Insulation; Power system reliability; Power systems; Voltage control; Business Continuity Management; IT-system; equipment under control; human competence; insulation device; overvoltage; safety;
Conference_Titel :
Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting, 2014 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Vancouver, BC
DOI :
10.1109/IAS.2014.6978479
