Waste Anesthesia Gas Disposal
Waste Anesthesia Gas Disposal or WAGD in a hospital anesthesia evacuation procedures. Although it uses the same vacuum pump as the Medical Vacuum System, the piping may be a separate line from the source or can combined with the medical vacuum per NFPA 99. Continuous vacuum is maintained around 15-19 inches of mercury.
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- Vacuum Insulated Evaporator VIE
- Oxygen
- Nitrous oxide
- Air
- Carbon dioxide
- Entonox
- Heliox
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