Electrical Safety Testing
Electrical Safety Testing for Medical & Healthcare Facilities
Everything that plugs in at your practice carries some electrical risk — the defibrillator, the steriliser, the fridge, the power board behind reception. Electrical safety testing checks all of it against the right standard, so nothing electrical is the thing that hurts a patient, a staff member, or your accreditation. We do it onsite, across both your medical and general equipment, in one visit.
We are proud to be Australia’s highest-reviewed medical equipment testing provider — more 5-star Google reviews than any company in our field.
What “electrical safety testing” actually means in a clinic
Electrical safety testing is the umbrella term for confirming that electrical equipment won’t cause a shock, a burn or a fire. In a healthcare setting it isn’t one job — it spans three different standards, because a patient monitor, a kettle and a treatment room are three very different risks.
Get any one of them wrong and you’ve got a gap. The good news: they’re all checks we do, and we do them together.
Three standards, one visit
Medical equipment: AS/NZS 3551 The safety half of medical equipment testing — earth resistance, insulation and patient leakage currents on your clinical devices. Performed by a biomedical technician, not an electrician.
General equipment: AS/NZS 3760 Test and tag for the everyday electrical gear around the practice — computers, appliances, power boards, leads.
Clinical areas: AS/NZS 3003 Testing of body-protected and cardiac-protected treatment areas, where the room itself is part of patient safety.
Why healthcare is different – and why a clinic can’t just book a standard test and tag
A general electrician can tag your fridge. They can’t verify that your defibrillator delivers the right energy or that your treatment room’s protective earthing holds: those need a biomedical technician and calibrated test equipment.
Healthcare environments also carry their own risk profile. Equipment moves between rooms, gets cleaned constantly, and runs all day; some of it is connected directly to patients. That’s why the checks are risk-based and split across standards, and why the sensible move is a provider who covers the whole picture rather than three separate contractors who each see one slice.
One provider, onsite, both sides of the plug
We’re a biomedical service organisation, so we’re already qualified for the hard part — the medical equipment. Adding the general test and tag and the clinical-area testing to the same visit means one booking, one technician, one combined record, and no gaps between contractors.
You get real measurements, a live asset register, automated reminders before anything’s due, and reports written to sit straight in your accreditation evidence. Over twenty years, 3,500+ healthcare sites, metro to remote, no surprise travel fees.
What the law expects of you
Wherever you operate in Australia, you carry a duty of care to keep electrical equipment safe for staff, patients and visitors. The legislation and the regulator change from state to state — Victoria runs its own scheme, Queensland’s electrical safety law takes precedence over the general WHS regulations — but the underlying obligation doesn’t move.
Two practical consequences worth knowing: in a “hostile environment” (heat, moisture, movement, the kind of conditions plenty of clinical spaces meet), testing isn’t just recommended, it’s required; and many business insurance policies won’t pay out on an electrical incident if you can’t show current testing records. A lapsed program isn’t just a compliance risk — it can quietly void your cover.
We handle the standard your state’s regulator expects and give you the records to prove it.
Why Choose NES Group Medical?
Australia-wide service coverage
Experienced, qualified biomedical technicians
Simple onboarding & checklists
Online asset database & automated recall reminders
Custom maintenance plans
Support for accreditation and compliance audits
Let us take care of the compliance— accreditation Ready documentation .
NES Group Medical provides the most detailed and accurate compliance documents in the industry ready to hand over stress free on accreditation day:
- AS/NZS 3551 safety test certificates
- Calibration results
- Performance test logs
- Visual inspection reports
- Asset registers
- Service & repair notes
- Online portals with complete asset history
- Detailed checklists ensure nothing is missed
This documentation is formatted for:
- AGPAL
- RACGP
- QIP
- HSO
- Aged Care Quality Standards
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FAQ: Medical Equipment Calibration, Service & Repairs
No! Our aim is to make meeting your annual calibration requirements easy and affordable. We have invested heavily in the training of our staff and in the latest and most efficient test equipment to dramatically reduce the labour time required to complete your testing, by doing this we are able to reduce the costs associated to properly maintaining your equipment making it very affordable to stay compliant for even the smallest of practices.
Our customers get the options of:
No Lock In Contract Annual Service
Testing under this arrangement is done on a year by year basis with not lock in contract, we contact you the following year when you are due.
3 Year NEScare Service Agreement
Most of our larger healthcare groups take advantage of group procurement service agreements, we can combine all of your practices as a group for a 3 year term benefits of this are:
– Programmed service intervals based on your requirements making maintenance of your equipment easy
– Access to our online portal
– Access to discounted NEScare rates
– Lock in todays discounted prices for the next 3 years
– Group Procurement Discounts
– Free access to loan equipment
– Same day priority service for most areas
In Summary:
- We make it very affordable to have your autoclave correctly validated and to stay compliant even for the smallest of businesses.
- Pricing for our Autoclave Validations is very affordable, you cannot afford not to do it.
- We rely on our great service, expert knowledge and outstanding value to keep our customers retuning on their own terms.
- We do offer flexible 3 to 5 year NESCare service and maintenance packages so that our customers have the option to further reduce service and maintenance costs.
Yes.
NES Group’s technicians are trained in the current Australian Standards AS5369:2023 and AS 3551:2012, so you can be assured that your autoclave is correctly validated and performing to Australian Standards and the manufacturers specifications regardless or brand or size.
We can carry out an autoclave validation on all brands including but not limited to:
Innovo Puraclav, Melag, W&H Lisa, Sirona, Mocom, Midmark, Cominox, Euronda, Eschmann, Atherton, Systec, Tuttnauer, Getinge, Celitron and more.
We can validate any brand on the market.
No. Medical equipment testing is a specialised service and has different standards to basic electrical testing and tagging and needs to be function tested with specialised biomedical testing equipment to simulate and calibrate the specific piece of medical equipment. Testing of medical equipment cannot be carried out by general electrical testing and tagging companies or general electricians as this is a specialised service that requires knowledge of medical equipment and its application.
Medical equipment testing and calibration is a crucial task which is required by Australian Standards to be carried out regularly and in line with an equipment maintenance plan as well as to the manufacturers specified calibration intervals. We recommend testing annually to ensure compliance with AS3551, RACGP and AGPAL requirements.
Routine testing and calibration ensures that your medical devices are performing correctly and delivering peace of mind for patients and providers while maintaining practice accreditations. NES Group Medical qualified technicians are trained and have the required equipment to thoroughly inspect and test all medical equipment/devices in accordance with AS 3551 and specific state/territory legislative requirements in a convenient and cost effective way.
Autoclave Validation is a mandatory requirement and is required normally every 12 months sometimes more frequently depending upon frequency of use any changes that may have been made to the autoclave or sterilisation cycle and calibration history.
