Abstract / scope
This document specifies requirements for waste volatile anaesthetic agent capture systems that may or may not include the recycling of the collected volatile anaesthetic agent for reuse.
NOTE 1: Waste volatile agent capture systems, that are part of a medical gas pipeline system as specified in ISO 7396-1 [4], are outside the scope of this document.
NOTE 2: Nitrous oxide is not considered to be a volatile anaesthetic agent.