Exam 16: Health Care

The ____ of the essential electrical system shall supply power for lighting, receptacles, and equipment in a hospital.

All branch circuits serving patient care spaces shall be provided with a(n) ____ by installation in a metal raceway system or a cable having a metallic armor or sheath assembly.

The flexible cord used in an anesthetizing location shall include a storage device that does not subject the cord to less than a ____ bending radius.

For essential electrical systems under ____, deletion of the time-lag intervals feature for delayed automatic connection to the equipment branch shall be permitted.

Any room (or location) storing flammable anesthetics or volatile flammable disinfecting agents is a ____ location from floor to ceiling.

Generator accessories, including but not limited to the ____, electrically operated louvers, and other generator accessories essential for generator operation, shall be arranged for automatic connection to the alternate power source and connected to the life safety branch.

At least one of the receptacles of a patient bed location must be connected to (1) the normal system branch circuit as required or (2) a critical branch circuit supplied by ____ not associated with other receptacles at the same patient bed location.

The branch circuit serving patient bed locations shall ____.

Wet procedure locations are the areas in a patient care space where a procedure is performed that is normally subject to wet conditions while patients are present, including standing fluids on the floor or drenching of the work area, where either such condition ____.

Ground-fault protection of equipment shall be provided for solidly grounded wye electric services of more than 150 volts to ground but not exceeding ____ volts phase-to-phase for each service disconnect rated 1000 amperes or more.

Critical care spaces served from ____ shall not be required to have circuits from the normal system.

Each patient bed location shall have a minimum of ____ receptacles.

Conductor ampacity and overcurrent protective device ratings shall not be less than _____ of the current rating of medical X-ray therapy equipment.

Essential electrical systems for hospitals shall be comprised of ____ capable of supplying a limited amount of lighting and power service that is considered essential for life and safety and effective hospital operation during the time the normal electrical service is interrupted for any reason.

One transfer switch shall be permitted to serve one or more branches or systems in a facility with a continuous load on the switch of ____ or less.

Branch circuits serving only special-purpose outlets or receptacles (such as portable X-ray outlets) do not require ____.

A system of feeders and branch circuits supplying power for lighting, receptacles, and equipment essential for life safety that is automatically connected to alternate power sources by one or more transfer switches during interruption of the normal power source is called a ____.

Life safety branch installation and alternate power source connection shall provide that all functions specified in 517.43(A) through (G) are automatically restored to operation within ____ after interruption of the normal source.

Electrical installation criteria and wiring methods for health care facilities are ____ for a standard commercial or industrial project.

The space within a patient room no less than 6 ft (1.8 m) beyond the bed's perimeter (in its normal location), and extending vertically no less than 7 ft 6 in.(2.3 m) from the floor is defined as the ____.