BS EN ISO 10079-3:2009

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