CAN/CSA-Z8835-2-01 (R2006)

Scope


This part of ISO 8835 specifies requirements for inhalation anesthetic breathing systems for adults which are supplied either assembled by the manufacturer or for assembly by the user in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions. It also covers circle absorber assemblies, exhaust valves, inspiratory and expiratory valves and, in some designs, those parts of an anesthetic breathing system that are incorporated within an anesthetic workstation, including the expiratory gas pathway of an anesthetic ventilator and any parts of a non-operator-detachable anesthetic-gas scavenging system (AGSS).

This part of ISO 8835 does not cover the performance of breathing systems regarding the elimination of expired carbon dioxide, since this is complex and depends on the interaction of the patient, the fresh-gas flow, the carbon dioxide absorbent and the breathing system itself.