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Question Date: 22/11/2023

Question: In an ICU EEG if there are multiple machines how do you advise earthing

Options:

• There should be one ground for each machine
• One ground for EEG and one common for other machines
• One common ground for all machines including EEG machines
• One common ground for the EEG and Patient and One each for other machines

Correct Answer: One common ground for all machines including EEG machines

Explaination: All equipment in each patient area in the EEG laboratory must be grounded to a common point<br>This is not the ground to which the patient is connected<br>The ground connection between the patient and the EEG machine is termed an isolated or floating ground, to ensure that there is no direct pathway for current to flow through the patient to the earth ground

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