Medical facilities are widely understood to be one of the most critical global applications.  Ensuring the safety of patients and medical staff – particularly in the face of high risk situations – is of paramount importance.

In order to ensure continuity of service in terms of critical equipment such as operating theatres and intensive care units, it is crucial to identify the appropriate system design for each application – whilst also meeting the rigorous requirements of standards such as IEC 60364-7-710 (HTM06-01 in the UK).

In this paper you will take a look at a practical case where these topics are addressed, highlighting how the right choice of transfer system enabled the designer to …reduce the risk of non-availability of the power supply to critical loads by a factor of 50.