Program Overview

Program Overview

The Masterclass Elektrische Veiligheid (Electrical Safety) is a comprehensive program designed to provide a theoretical and practical foundation in electrical safety, electromagnetic compatibility (EMC), and electrostatic discharge (ESD) phenomena, primarily in medically used spaces.

Target Audience

The program is tailored for clinical physicists (in training), biomedical technologists (in training to become Quality and Management Experts), and other technology professionals working in healthcare.

Program Objective

The objective of the course is to provide insight into the basic concepts of electrical safety, "medical grounding," or "electrical installation in medical spaces/rooms."

Program Structure

• The program consists of 2 interactive days.
• The study load for this masterclass is 12 hours.
• The course is offered once a year.
• Upon completion and discussion, participants receive a digital confirmation of participation.

Program Content

Day 1

• Basic concepts from norms
• Differences between medical devices: Class I and Class II, battery-powered
• Differences between type applied parts B | BF | CF
• Biology | current paths | leakage currents | touch voltages | impedance | potential shift
• Differences between earth and equipotential bonding
• Protections: patterns, circuit breakers, earth leakage circuit breakers, insulation, and impedance monitoring
• Basic concepts from NEN-EN-IEC 60601-1 (Medical Equipment)
• Risks with network-powered non-medical equipment for the patient
• Risks with the use of distribution blocks
• Explanation of earth connections | earth symbols | protective measures
• NEN 1010 classifications - Earthing - Transformers - Demo insulation monitoring
• Functional differences between the separating transformer and protective transformer
• Unwanted current and unwanted voltage drop (network voltage continuity)
• Space classifications (K0 | K1 | K2 | K3 | G0 | G1 | G2-10mv) | risk analysis
• Sense and nonsense in medically used spaces

Day 2

• Loop values | EMC loops | data cabling | shielding | galvanic separations
• Exercises with medical equipment versus space classification and how to design
• IEC 62353 measurement on medical equipment
• EMC aspects in medically used spaces | new developments | hybrid earthing
• Network filters in medical equipment
• Static electricity (ESD), new method for floor measurement
• EMI issues, EMC pitfalls, CE marking, CE + CE CE | EMC legislation
• EMC demos
• Many practical examples and case studies

Course Location 2026

• TU/e Building Vector, room/hall: Vector 2.107
  • Vector: Building D1 on Route and Map
  • Hall: Vector 2.107
  • Click here for the floor plan of Vector
  • Address: Ds.Th. Fliednerstraat 2 / 5631 BM Eindhoven
  • Car: from the roundabout: De Berenkuil keep right, via the service road of the Insulindelaan/Onze Lieve Vrouwestraat
  • Train: from Eindhoven Central Station

Course Date

• EV 2026
  • June 1 and 8, 2026

Registration

• EV 2026
  • Click here for the registration link for EV 2026
  • You will receive a confirmation email after registration

Course Fee

• 1,020.00
• The invoice will be sent after the first course date

Course Instructor

• Ing. G.M.A. van Abkoude, advisor medical technology
• Mark van Abkoude is the owner of VeriMark, which deals with electrical safety, electromagnetic compatibility (EMC), and electrostatic discharge (ESD) phenomena, mainly in medically used spaces

Course Information

• Course content SMPE/e Electrical Safety: Mark van Abkoude
• Course coordinator SMPE/e: Annebee Langenhuizen-Keulen

Additional Information

• Click here for the SMPE/e Course Terms and Conditions