EN ISO 10079-4:2021

This document specifies general requirements for medical suction equipment that are common to all parts of the ISO 10079 series.This document is not applicable to the following:a) end-pieces such as suction catheters, drains, curettes, Yankauer suckers and suction tips;b) syringes;c) dental suction equipment;d) anaesthetic gas scavenging systems;e) laboratory suction;f) autotransfusion systems;g) mucus extractors including neonatal mucus extractors;h) suction equipment where the collection container is downstream of the vacuum pump;i) ventouse (obstetric) equipment;j) suction equipment marked for endoscopic use only; andk) plume evacuation systems.