Specifies general requirements for safety of electromedical equipment (including associated accessories and materials). It is a base specification which, when combined with a particular specification in the AS 3200 series, becomes a complete specification for an individual item of electromedical equipment. It specifies the degrees of isolation of applied parts from both live parts and earth, sufficient to ensure the safety of the patient from electric shock made under conditions likely to be experienced in services. It provides for three classes of applied parts and is equivalent to IEC 601-1:1988. Identical with NZS 6150:1990 and produced as a Joint Australian/New Zealand Standard. Will supersede AS 3200-1986 at a date to be decided.