Unanticipated catastrophe during pre-operative routine check of anaesthesia workstation - Water in rotameter

Abstract

Medical gas production, supply and distribution is a closely regulated process with its intrinsic safety designs and procedure along with this anaesthesia work station designed with utmost safety for delivering anaesthetic gases to patients during the peri-operative period. The ingress of condensed water into anaesthesia machine from central medical gas pipeline can lead to catastrophic incidents.

Keywords

• central supply
• gas cylinders
• medical air
• medical gas pipeline system
• oxygen