Power strip inside operating room

[anbm]

Can power strip with hospital grade outlets be used inside operating rooms and not violate any codes?

 

[jusme123]

What’s the point of hospital grade receptacles if power strips are used?

 

[jusme123]

517.19(C) states “Each operating room shall be provided with a minimum of 36 receptacles divided between at least 2 branch circuits....”

 

[tom baker]

The NEC is mainly for premise wiring, not for utilization equipmen. I don't recall seeing any info on portable power taps,. Check with your hospital accreditation agency.

 

[gadfly56]

The NEC is mainly for premise wiring, not for utilization equipmen. I don't recall seeing any info on portable power taps,. Check with your hospital accreditation agency.

^^^^^^Very much this. In NJ it's the Joint Commission, and they can and do go beyond the adopted codes.