Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 General requirements
4.1 Safety
4.2 Alternative construction
4.3 Materials
4.4 System design
5 Supply systems
5.1 System components
5.2 General requirements
5.3 Supply systems with cylinders or
cylinder bundles
5.4 Supply systems with mobile or stationary
cryogenic or non-cryogenic vessels
5.5 Supply systems for air
5.6 Supply systems with oxygen
concentrator(s)
5.7 Supply systems for vacuum
5.8 Location of supply systems
5.9 Location of cylinder manifolds
5.10 Location of stationary cryogenic
vessels
6 Monitoring and alarm systems
6.1 General
6.2 Installation requirements
6.3 Monitoring and alarm signals
6.4 Provision of operating alarms
6.5 Provision of emergency clinical
alarms
6.6 Provision of emergency operating
alarms
7 Pipeline distribution systems
7.1 Mechanical resistance
7.2 Distribution pressure
7.3 Low-pressure hose assemblies and low-pressure
flexible connections
7.4 Double-stage pipeline distribution systems
8 Shut-off valves
8.1 General
8.2 Service shut-off valves
8.3 Area shut-off valves
9 Terminal units, gas-specific connectors, medical
supply units, pressure regulators and
pressure gauges
10 Marking and colour coding
10.1 Marking
10.2 Colour coding
11 Pipeline installation
11.1 General
11.2 Pipeline supports
11.3 Pipeline joints
11.4 Extensions and modifications of existing
pipeline systems
12 Testing, commissioning and certification
12.1 General
12.2 General requirements for tests
12.3 Inspections and checks before concealment
12.4 Tests, checks and procedures before use of
the system
12.5 Requirements for inspections and checks
before concealment
12.6 Requirements for tests, checks and procedures
before use of the system
12.7 Certification of the systems
13 Information to be supplied by the manufacturer
13.1 General
13.2 Instructions for use
13.3 Operational management information
13.4 'As-installed' drawings
13.5 Electrical diagrams
Annex A (informative) Schematic representations
of typical supply systems and area distribution
systems
Annex B (informative) Guidelines for location of
cylinder manifolds, cylinder storage areas and
stationary vessels for cryogenic or non-cryogenic
liquids
Annex C (informative) Example of procedure for
testing and commissioning
Annex D (informative) Typical forms for certification
of the medical gas pipeline system
Annex E (informative) Temperature and pressure
relationships
Annex F (informative) Risk management checklist
Annex G (informative) Operational management
Annex H (informative) Rationale
Annex ZA (informative) Relationship between this International
Standard and the Essential Requirements of EU
Directive 93/42/EEC on Medical devices
Bibliography