This guide applies only to liquid oxygen systems in the following categories:
- small base reservoir systems providing supplemental oxygen therapy for individual patients;
- systems used by health care facility staff when moving patients within the facility; and
- ambulatory systems for an individual patient within a health care facility.
This .quide does not apply to larqer portable liquid oxy.qen systems that can be attached to distribution piping in
a remote area of the healthcare facility. See NFPA 99, Standard for Health Care Facilities, and CGA SB-26,
Cylinder Connections on Portable Liquid Cryogenic Cylinders, for further information re,qarding the storaqe,
handlinq, and use of these types of containers.
The purpose of this document is to describe the recommended precautions and safety procedures to be fol-
lowed when liquid oxygen systems are used within health care facilities. Mishandling of oxygen presents poten-
tial hazards to both trained and untrained persons. It is therefore important that personnel who assume the re-
sponsibility for oxygen equipment and its use be familiar with the hazards of oxygen, the operational
characteristics of the equipment, and the precautions to be observed while using it.
CGA P-2.7-2008 Referenced Document
CSA Z305.12 Guide for the Safe Storage, Handling, and Use of Portable Oxygen Systems in Home, Domiciliary, and Healthcare Settings First Edition; General Instruction No 1; Update No 2