scope:

This Standard applies to x-ray equipment intended to perform interventional procedures and defines a set of minimum requirements designed to more easily facilitate quality control at the facility level. In particular, items pertinent to the following quality control elements are contained within:

- physical testing of equipment

- electronic audit of system configuration

- electronic reporting of relevant data and information.

The Scope of the first edition of XR 27 was applicable to fixed x-ray interventional equipment. This first amendment to the first edition of the standard extends the Scope of the first edition to x-ray interventional mobile equipment.

The x-ray equipment falling under this standard is hereafter referred to as EQUIPMENT.