Health Technical Memorandum 02-01- Medical gas pipeline systems Part A- Design, installation, validation and verification
Health Technical Memorandum 02-01- Medical gas pipeline systems Part A- Design, installation, validation and verification
This Health Technical Memorandum is divided into two parts. Health Technical Memorandum 02-01- Medical gas pipeline systems Part A- Design, installation, validation and verification it applies to all medical gas pipeline systems installed in health care premises and anaesthetic gas scavenging disposal systems. Specifically, it deals with the issues involved in the design, installation, and validation and verification (testing and commissioning) of an MGPS. Part B covers operational management.
A medical gas pipeline system (MGPS) is installed to provide a safe, convenient and cost-effective system for the provision of medical gases to the clinical and nursing staff at the point-of-use. It reduces the problems associated with the use of gas cylinders such as safety, porterage, storage and noise.
Patient safety is paramount in the design, installation, commissioning and operation of medical gas pipeline systems. The basic principles of safety are achieved by ensuring quantity of supply, identity of supply, continuity of supply and quality of supply
Content
- Preface
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- Executive summary
- Acknowledgements
- Scope
- General principles
- Provision of terminal units, and the location of AVSUs, local alarm indicator panels and LVAs
- Gas flow
- Cylinder manifold installations
- Oxygen systems
- Medical compressed air systems
- Surgical air systems
- Medical vacuum systems
- Anaesthetic gas scavenging disposal systems
- Warning and alarm systems
- Pipeline installation
- Accommodation
- Validation and verification
- A:Testing, commissioning and filling for use: forms to be completed during testing and commissioning of piped medical gases systems
- B:Gas pressure variation with temperature
- C:Pressure-drop test device
- D:Membrane filter test device
- E:Equipment for contaminant testing
- F:Equipment for gas identification Notes A
- G:Pressure loss data
- H:Checklist for planning/installing/ upgrading a cryogenic liquid supply system
- J:Upgrading surgical air systems
- K: Signage requirements
- L:Important notes for use of medical vacuum and anaesthetic gas scavenging
- M:Oxygen usage data
- N:Pressure conversion table
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