Medispect Australia

By engaging Medispect Australia, your electrical project in Body-protected and Cardiac-protected areas will benefit from the wealth of experience and knowledge gained from over 30 years in the medical industry and with 20 years concentrating on hospitals.

Medispect Australia can assist you in any of your hospital and medical wiring projects to give your business the best achievable outcome by advising on wiring methods, medical electrical equipment, and regulations relating to compliance with electrical installations in medical patient areas.

Early consultation with Medispect Australia will improve efficiencies, lower risk, save time, and reduce unnecessary costs associated with installing hospital and medical wiring by ensuring the requirements of AS/NZS 3003 are identified in the planning stage and minimising expensive time consuming remediation works to meet standards.

Medispect Australia has been engaged by a number contractors to assist with new hospital builds & large projects around the country to provide advice on the requirements of the AS/NZS 3003, conduct seminars for staff overseeing the projects, and on project completion carrying out the testing requirements & certification of the patient areas. Contractors include:

• • Lanec Services
  • Downer Electrical Engineering
  • Nilsen Australia
  • Christies Electrical Services
  • Fredon Electrical
  • Nuvo Group.
  • Watters Electrical
  • Anova Electrical
  • Eascom Bendigo, and
  • BKM Electrical

Medispect Australia has been the key inspector on a number of projects performing upgrades at the following hospitals:

• • Alfred
  • Western
  • Sunshine
  • Monash
  • Frankston
  • Goulburn Valley Shepparton
  • Wangaratta
  • Bendigo
  • Albury Hospitals
  • Royal Melbourne Hospital
  • NCN Health (Cobram Hospital)
  • Saint John Of God Hospital Geelong
  • Calvery Hospital Adelaide, and
  • Epworth Hospital Waurn Ponds.

Medispect Australia has also been the key inspector on new hospital builds at:

• • Echuca
  • Charlton
  • Rochester
  • Warrnambool
  • Numurkah
  • Mercy Hospital Werribee
  • The new Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
  • Calvery Hospital Adelaide
  • Warringal Private Hospita
  • Maryborough Hospital
  • Albury Hospital New Emergency Department
  • Craigieburn Community Hospital
  • Whittlesea Community Hospital, and
  • Wonthaggi Hospital.

Section 8 of AS/NZS 3003 states that all patient areas shall be subject to annual routine testing as per the following:

8.1   GENERAL

Body-protected and cardiac-protected electrical areas shall be subjected to routine inspection and testing at intervals not exceeding 12 months, in accordance with the requirements of this Section. Conformance with these requirements is not intended to establish that a patient area conforms with the full requirements of this Standard. 

Maintaining risks associated with electrical hazards at acceptable levels may be demonstrated by —

• • carrying out routine testing in accordance with this Section; and
  • rectifying all defects identified in routine inspection and testing in good time and at least before the next due inspection.

Repairs associated with electrical defects shall be re-certified.

The electrical installation in body-protected and cardiac-protected electrical areas shall be subjected to routine inspection and testing as specified in this Section prior to carrying out any alteration (see Clause 6.2).

Some of the inspection and testing specified in this Section is specifically intended to identify alterations to the electrical installation that have been carried out since the last inspection and testing, and do not conform with this Standard or a previous edition.

Medispect Australia is the trusted inspection company currently employed to carry out the routine testing inspection process at a number of public and private facilities, including:

• • Peter MacCallum Cancer centre.
  • University Melbourne medical facilities.
  • Gove Community Hospital N.T.
  • Ravenhall Correctional Centre
  • Melbourne Metropolitan Remand Centre
  • Marngoneet Correctional Centre
  • Private Dental & Orthodontic clinics throughout Victoria.
  • Private Doctors clinics throughout Victoria
  • Private allied health including physiotherapy, audiologists
  • A remote community hospital in the Northern Territory.

Rest assured that by engaging Medispect Australia for your routine testing, you will receive the highest standard of professional service. We follow the full process as outlined in Section 8 of AS/NZS 3003:2018 to ensure compliance and thoroughness. Additionally, if any repair works are required, we will consult with you to determine the best approach for addressing them.