1 Scope
This document specifies general requirements for medical suction equipment that are common to all parts of the ISO 10079 series.
This document is not applicable to the following:
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a) end-pieces such as suction catheters, drains, curettes, Yankauer suckers and suction tips;
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b) syringes;
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c) dental suction equipment;
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d) anaesthetic gas scavenging systems;
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e) laboratory suction;
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f) autotransfusion systems;
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g) mucus extractors including neonatal mucus extractors;
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h) suction equipment where the collection container is downstream of the vacuum pump;
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i) ventouse (obstetric) equipment;
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j) suction equipment marked for endoscopic use only; and
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k) plume evacuation systems.