Designation:F1343–02StandardSpecificationforAnestheticGasScavengingSystems—TransferandReceivingSystems1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationF1343;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(e)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thisspecificationestablishesrequirementsfortransferandreceivingsystemsofactiveanestheticgasscavengingsystems(AGSS)intendedtoreducetheexposureofhealthcarepersonneltoanestheticgasesandvapors.ThisspecificationalsospecifiesrequirementsforAGSSinwhichthereceivingsystemisintegratedwiththedisposalsystem.1.2Thisspecificationdoesnotspecifyrequirementsfornon-activeAGSS(passiveAGSS),proximitygasextractionsystems(see3.1.17),anddisposalsystems(see3.1.5).NOTE1—Forrequirementsfor“disposalsystems”only,seeNFPA99,StandardforHealthcareFacilities.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:F1054SpecificationforConicalFittings22.2OtherDocuments:CGAV-5:2000DiameterIndexSafetySystem3ISO5356-2:1987AnaestheticandRespiratoryEquipment—ConicalConnectors—Part2:Screw-ThreadedWeight-BearingConnectors4ISO5359:2000Low-PressureHoseAssembliesforUsewithMedicalGases4IEC60601-1:1988MedicalElectricalEquipment—Part1:GeneralRequirementsforSafety5NFPA99:1999StandardforHealthcareFacilities63.Terminology3.1DefinitionsofTermsSpecifictoThisStandard:3.1.1activeanestheticgasscavengingsystem(AGSS),n—AGSSinwhichthegasflowinthedisposalsystemresultsfromapowerdevice.3.1.2anestheticgas,n—vaporofavolatileagentoragasusedinanesthesia.3.1.3anestheticgasscavengingsystem(AGSS),n—completesystemwhichisconnectedtotheexhaustportofabreathingsystemortootherequipmentforthepurposeofconveyingexpiredorexcessanestheticgases,orboth,toanappropriateplaceofdischarge.NOTE2—Functionally,acompletesystemcomprisesthreeparts:atransfersystem,areceivingsystem,andadisposalsystem(SeeFig.1).Thesethreefunctionallydiscretepartsmaybee...
