CSA ISO 10079-3:14 (R2024)

CSA Preface

This is the second edition of CAN/CSA-ISO 10079-3, Medical suction equipment - Part 3: Suction equipment powered from a vacuum or positive pressure gas source, which is an adoption without modification of the identically titled ISO (International Organization for Standardization) Standard 10079-3 (third edition, 2014-05-01). It supersedes the previous edition published in 2003 as CAN/CSA-Z10079-3, Medical suction equipment - Part 3: Suction equipment powered from a vacuum or pressure source (adopted ISO 10079-3:1999, with Canadian deviations).

For brevity, this Standard will be referred to as “CAN/CSA-ISO 10079-3” throughout.

This Standard was reviewed for Canadian adoption by the Standards Mirror Committee to ISO/TC 121, under the jurisdiction of the CSA Technical Committee on Perioperative Safety and the CSA Strategic Steering Committee on Health Care Technology Systems, and has been formally approved by the Technical Committee.

This Standard has been developed in compliance with Standards Council of Canada requirements for National Standards of Canada. It has been published as a National Standard of Canada by CSA Group.

Scope

This part of ISO 10079 specifies safety and performance requirements for medical suction equipment powered from a vacuum or positive pressure gas source generating venture suction. It applies to equipment connected to medical gas pipeline systems or cylinders and venturi attachments. Annex D illustrates the three parts of ISO 10079 by providing a schematic for typical systems.

The equipment can be stand-alone or part of an integrated system.

Additional requirements for suction equipment intended for field and/or transport use are included in this part of ISO 10079.

This part of ISO 10079 does not apply to the following:

a) central power supply (by vacuum/compressed air generation), piping systems of vehicles and buildings, and wall connectors;

b) end-piece such as suction catheters, Yankauer sucker and suction tips;

c) syringes;

d) dental suction equipment;

e) anaesthetic gas scavenging systems;

f) laboratory suction;

g) autotransfusion systems;

h) closed systems for wound drainage;

i) mucus extractors, including neonatal mucus extractors;

j) ventouse (obstetric) equipment;

k) breast pumps;

l) liposuction;

m) uterine aspiration;

n) plume evacuation systems.