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    AS 2896-1991

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    Medical gas systems - Installation and testing of non-flammable medical gas pipeline systems

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    Superseded date:  30-06-2017

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  01-01-1991

    Publisher:  Standards Australia

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    ​Sets out requirements for safety aspects, construction, testing, operation and maintenance of non-flammable medical gas pipeline systems and suction systems used for patient care, including therapeutic, diagnostic and prophylactic applications, and for operating surgical tools. Guidelines for fixed secondary equipment and fluxless brazing are also given.

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    Committee HE-002
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher Standards Australia
    Status Superseded
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    Under Revision See DR 95258 First published as part of AS CZ9-1956.Second edition 1963.Revised and redesignated AS 1169-1973.Redesignated in part as AS 1169.2-1973.Revised and redesignated AS 2896-1986.Second edition 1991. First published as part of AS CZ9-1956. Second edition 1963. Revised and redesignated AS 1169-1973. Redesignated in part as AS 1169.2-1973. Revised and redesignated AS 2896-1986. Second edition 1991.

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    AS 1167.1-1993 Welding and brazing - Filler metals Filler metal for brazing and braze welding
    AS 1319-1994 Safety signs for the occupational environment (Reconfirmed 2018)
    AS 1944-1987 Medical gas cylinder identification
    AS 2030.1-1999 The verification, filling, inspection, testing and maintenance of cylinders for storage and transport of compressed gases Cylinders for compressed gases other than acetylene
    AS 1324-1973 Air filters for use in air conditioning and general ventilation
    AS 1590-1982 Copper alloy threaded pipe fittings for use with tubes threaded with pipe threads of Whitworth form
    AS 1432-1996 Copper tubes for plumbing, gasfitting and drainage applications
    AS 3003-1985 Electrical installations - Patient treatment areas of hospitals and medical and dental practices
    AS 1210-1989 Unfired Pressure Vessels (known as the SAA Unfired Pressure Vessels Code)
    AS 2107-1987 Acoustics - Recommended design sound levels and reverberation times for building interiors
    AS 3000-1986 Electrical installations - Buildings, structures and premises (known as the SAA Wiring Rules)
    AS 2120-1977 Rules for suction systems for medical use in hospitals
    AS 1135-1973 Rules for the design, fabrication, installation and inspection of non-ferrous pressure piping (known as the SAA Non-ferrous Pressure Piping Code)
    AS 1585-1982 Capillary and brazing fittings of copper and copper alloy
    AS 1345-1995 Identification of the contents of pipes, conduits and ducts (Reconfirmed 2018)
    AS CB18.1-1967 Design, fabrication, installation and inspection of pressure piping (known as the SAA Pressure Piping Code) Ferrous piping
    AS 2568-1991 Medical gases - Purity of compressed medical breathing air
    AS 1905.1-1990 Components for the protection of openings in fire-resistant walls - Fire-resistant doorsets
    AS 1349-1986 Bourdon tube pressure and vacuum gauges (Reconfirmed 2018)
    AS 2992-1987 Labelling of compressed gas cylinders
    AS 1894-1997 The storage and handling of non-flammable cryogenic and refrigerated liquids (Reconfirmed 2021)
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