[General guidelines for evaluating and controlling the operating parameters of x-ray diagnostic equipment. Ministry of Health and Medical Industry of the Russian Federation].

The International Electric Engineering Commission (IEEC) has published several guidelines for evaluating and controlling the operating parameters of X-ray diagnostic equipment at the units (rooms) of X-ray diagnosis. The first of these guidelines (IEEC 1223-1-93) having the subheading "General Requirements" is translated into Russian and adjusted to our conditions, approved by the Ministry of Health and Medical Industry of the Russian Federation and published as the guidelines P 42-501-95 to be introduced on July 1, 1995. The publication reflects the main contents of the national variant of the document, gives a scheme (an algorithm) for controlling the quality of X-ray diagnostic equipment.