BS EN ISO 10079-3:2009 Medical suction equipment. Suction equipment powered from a vacuum or pressure source
BS EN ISO 10079-3 specifies safety and performance requirements for medical suction equipment powered from a vacuum or pressure source . In particular it applies to connections for pipelines and Venturi attachments.
Suction equipment with components controlled by electrical means, e.g. electronic timing, may also need to comply
with BS IEC 60601-1. BS EN ISO 10079-3 does not apply to electrically powered suction equipment, whether mains electricity or battery-powered, which is dealt with in BS EN ISO 10079-1, nor to manually powered suction equipment which is dealt with in BS EN ISO 10079-2.
Contents of BS EN ISO 10079-3:
- Scope
- Normative references
- Terms and definitions
- Cleaning, disinfection and sterilization
- Design requirements
- Operational requirements
- Physical requirements
- Performance requirements for vacuum and flowrate
- Gas supply
- Vacuum regulator
- Resistance to environment
- Marking
- Information to be supplied by manufacturer