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Title: Emergency lighting for treatment rooms.
Post by: nearlythere on January 27, 2012, 07:35:19 AM

Has anyone sourced a unit which will provide the BS5266 recommendation for treatment rooms? Best I can find is around 35 lux at 2M.
The double spot is a little industrial looking.
My man is experimenting with a low voltage spot type to see if he can put something together.

Title: Re: Emergency lighting for treatment rooms.
Post by: kurnal on January 27, 2012, 08:30:40 PM

Have you thought about full size florescent fittings with conversion packs? You might do it with a couple of these and a white ceiling  but I still dont see the point.

Title: Re: Emergency lighting for treatment rooms.
Post by: John on January 28, 2012, 12:06:27 AM

The only problem with a conversion kit on fluorescent tube fitting is that it won't meet the activation time criteria set out in the latest version of 5266-1

I can't find anything that will meet the criteria for treatment rooms other than a twin spot

Title: Re: Emergency lighting for treatment rooms.
Post by: nearlythere on January 28, 2012, 11:56:07 AM

Quote from: kurnal on January 27, 2012, 08:30:40 PM

Have you thought about full size florescent fittings with conversion packs? You might do it with a couple of these and a white ceiling  but I still dont see the point.

K. I can understand the principle that someone could be be undergoing some form of treatment, possibly minor invasive surgery, and might need to be prepared in some way before evacuation to prevent infection or injury to a patient. This temporary emergency repair might need more than the normal level of EL than that for escape so that the dentist, doctor etc can see what they are doing.
Would you not consider this to be an issue relevant to ensuring a safe evacuation?

Title: Re: Emergency lighting for treatment rooms.
Post by: kurnal on January 28, 2012, 01:35:39 PM

My dentist tells me he needs 1500 lux to be sure he doesnt put the drill through my tongue. So he uses local task lighting on the workstaion which has a battery back up via ups. So the light level in the surgery is not of interest to him.

Title: Re: Emergency lighting for treatment rooms.
Post by: nearlythere on January 28, 2012, 01:50:35 PM

Quote from: kurnal on January 28, 2012, 01:35:39 PM

My dentist tells me he needs 1500 lux to be sure he doesnt put the drill through my tongue. So he uses local task lighting on the workstaion which has a battery back up via ups. So the light level in the surgery is not of interest to him.

Is that normal on workstations?

Title: Re: Emergency lighting for treatment rooms.
Post by: kurnal on January 28, 2012, 02:00:10 PM

So far as I know. Ask your dentist.
The only other thing to query is whether there anything else they need to be able to see off the workstation to finish patching you up, such as other tools and instruments.

Title: Re: Emergency lighting for treatment rooms.
Post by: Tom Sutton on January 28, 2012, 07:44:08 PM

The BS states in treatment rooms it should be 50lx for 30mins does this mean when dealing with treatment rooms who have to adopt a defend in place strategy?

Title: Re: Emergency lighting for treatment rooms.
Post by: nearlythere on January 28, 2012, 08:18:18 PM

Does there also have to be two 50 Lux units?

Title: Re: Emergency lighting for treatment rooms.
Post by: Tom Sutton on January 29, 2012, 05:14:16 PM

It depends, BS 5266-1-2011 states, 50lx is a minimum, and the specific level to be used will depend on the nature of the task/s to be undertaken, consequently it will depend on the level of illumination required. If high levels of illumination are required, like the dentist, then you would have to consider standby lighting as suggested by Kurnal, UPS or a generator, even at lower levels you may have to consider standby lighting.

Title: Re: Emergency lighting for treatment rooms.
Post by: nearlythere on February 15, 2012, 02:14:06 PM

Anyone come across a self contained unit yet which is suitable for this?