What exactly does "Hospital Grade" mean?

It means

1) more expensive
2) not always covered by insurance and
3)linked to fear

so you will be less likely to protest and just pay the extra money.

Covered by Medicare?

>>"And I don't think that requiring "X" amount of force to remove a plug from an outlet makes the outlet superior for our purposes although a snug fit is obviously necessary."<<
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It's Contact Pressure......You misssed the whole point.
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Nerspellsner, LOL, I never heard of that test, LOL.
You do know there is a device that plugs into the outlet and while extracting it, will give you the resistance to the pulling action in ounces...
Jim

Jea48, I have heard of that device but I have never used it. I remember hearing that the device is connected to the ground pin only. It has to stay connected to a hospital grade outlet with 4 oz of pressure for a certain amount of time. I concur with your statement about removing a plug under a load from an outlet will cause an arc, regardless of the type of outlet.