Almost nobody reads a thousand-page draft cover to cover. So here is one place to get oriented, then go deep only where it touches your device.
You have heard the headline: the IEC 60601-1 4th edition is coming, and it is big. Edition 3.2 is around 500 pages. The 4th edition is heading past 1,000, written across twelve hazard-based working groups.
The headline is not the useful part. The useful part is the question underneath it: where do you start, and what do you actually need to read? Almost nobody reads a thousand-page draft cover to cover, and nobody should have to. So this is a hub. It is one place to get oriented and then go deep only where it touches your device, as your device likely will not touch every corner of the standard.