BS 5724 is a European standard that discusses medical electrical equipment. BS 5724-3.12 outlines a method of declaring the performance parameters to be stated in documents accompanying a lung ventilator, together with test methods to be used to measure the parameters to ensure an acceptable level of standard is achieved while manufacturing lung ventilators.
The object of BS 5724-3.12 is to permit the direct comparison of lung ventilators of different manufacturers and to standardize methods for the determination of compliance with the manufacturer’s declared performance.
Note 1: BS 5724-3.12 does not cover parameters resulting from recent developments such as jet and very high-frequency ventilation and oscillation.
Note 2: Motive power units for lung ventilators together with resuscitators, respiratory therapy ventilators, external body ventilators, rocking apparatus, and electro-stimulators are outside the scope of BS 5724-3.12.
BS 5724-3.12 on the method of declaring parameters for lung ventilators is useful for:
A lung ventilator is a machine that helps you breathe when you are sick, injured, or sedated for an operation. It pumps oxygen-rich air into your lungs. It also helps you breathe out carbon dioxide, a harmful waste gas your body needs to get rid of.
BS 5724-3.12 assists you with test and operating conditions such as the accuracy of measurements, test apparatus, general test procedures, except for the pre-test running, and reporting of test results in the accompanying documents for declaring parameters for lung ventilators.
BS 5724-3.12 also guides you regarding the performance parameters, lung ventilators providing CMV, lung ventilators allowing spontaneous ventilation which is either unsupplemented or supplemented only by pressure assistance, lung ventilators providing IMV, and lung ventilators providing MMV methods of lung ventilators.
With BS 5724-3.12 you can standardize methods for the determination of compliance with the manufacturer’s declared performance and assist purchasing authorities and users in comparing lung ventilators made by different manufacturers.