1. General information on protection against electric shock
1.1 Definitions
The numbers following the term to be defined are the International Electrotechnical Vocabulary references.
Electric shock (826-03-01)
Pathophysiological effect resulting from the passage of electric current through the human body or that of a domestic or farm animal. .
This expression covers both direct contact (figure 1 ) and indirect contact. There is no difference in pathophysiological effect between the two types of contact, but the protective measures to be taken are very different....
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