BS EN ISO 5359:2008+A1:2011 - Page 2

Low-pressure hose assemblies for use with medical gases. | Status: Revised, Superseded, Withdrawn

1 Scope 1.1 * This International Standard specifies requirements for low-pressure hose assemblies intended for use with the following medical gases:

• — oxygen;
• — nitrous oxide;
• — medical air;
• — helium;
• — carbon dioxide;
• — xenon;
• — specified mixtures of the gases listed above;
• — oxygen-enriched air;
• — air for driving surgical tools;
• — nitrogen for driving surgical tools;
• — vacuum.

It is intended in particular to ensure gas-specificity and to prevent cross-connection between systems conveying different gases. These hose assemblies are intended for use at maximum operating pressures of less than 1 400 kPa.