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Australian Standard

Medical gases—Purity of
compressed medical breathing air
AS 2568—1991
 This Australian Standard was prepared by Committee HT/4, Medical Gases and
Pipeline Services. It was approved on behalf of the Council of Standards Australia on
27 May 1990 and published on 11 February 1991.

The following interests are represented on Committee HT/4:

Australian Society of Anaesthetists

Building Management Authority, W.A.
Confederation of Australian Industry
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Department of Community Services and Health

Department of Health, N.S.W.
Health Department, W.A.
Institute of Hospital Engineering Australia
Medical Industry Association of Australia
Metal Trades Industry Association of Australia
Public Works Department, N.S.W.
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
South Australian Department of Housing and Construction
South Australian Health Commission
The Association of Consulting Engineers Australia

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 AS 2568—1991

Australian Standard
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Medical gases—Purity of
compressed medical breathing air

First publi shed as AS 2568—1982.

Second editi on 1987.
Thir d editi on 1991.

PUBLISHED BY STANDARDS AUSTRALIA

(STANDARDS ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA)
1 THE CRESCENT, HOMEBUSH, NSW 2140
ISBN 0 7262 6423 7
 AS 2568—1991 2

PREFACE

This Standard was prepared by the Standards Australia Committee on Medical Gases and Pipeline
Services under the direction of the Health Technology Standards Board to supersede
AS 2568 — 1987.
This Standard differs from the 1987 edition in that a limit for oil contamination has been specified,
and a new method for testing for oil contamination has been included.

CONTENTS
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Page
1 SCOPE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . .. .. . ... .. .. ... . 3
2 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . .... . ... .. .. ... . 3
3 DEFINITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . .... . ... .. .. .. . . 3
4 PURITY OF AIR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . ... . . ... .. .. ... . 3
5 SAMPLING AND SAMPLE CONTAINERS . . . . . . . . . . . ... . .. .. . . .. .. .. ... . 4
6 ANALYSIS OF COMPRESSED MEDICAL BREATHING AIR . ... . . ... .. .. ... . 4

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