CSA Z305.12:26

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Preface This is the third edition of CSA Z305.12, Safe storage, handling, and use of portable oxygen systems in residential buildings and health care facilities . It supersedes the previous editions published in 2006 and 1998. This Standard provides guidance on the storage, handling, and use of gaseous and liquid oxygen, and on the handling and use of oxygen concentrators. It also specifies maximum aggregate storage quantities for gaseous and liquid oxygen. CSA Group acknowledges that the development of this Standard was made possible, in part, by the financial support of the governments of Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Québec, Saskatchewan, and Yukon, as administered by Canada’s Drug Agency (CDA-AMC). This Standard was prepared by the Subcommittee on Portable Oxygen Systems, under the jurisdiction of the Technical Committee on Perioperative Safety and the Strategic Steering Committee on Health and Well-Being, and has been formally approved by the Technical Committee. This Standard has been developed in compliance with Standards Council of Canada requirements for National Standards of Canada. It has been published as a National Standard of Canada by CSA Group. Scope 1.1 Application This Standard applies to the safe storage, handling, and use of portable oxygen systems for medical or therapeutic use at the patient bedside. It includes portable oxygen systems that provide medical oxygen in high-pressure oxygen cylinders, liquid oxygen systems, and oxygen concentrators in residential buildings and health care facilities. 1.2 Inclusions This Standard includes requirements for maximum aggregate storage quantities of gaseous and liquid oxygen. 1.3 Exclusions This Standard does not apply to a) veterinary hospitals; b) gas mixes containing oxygen [e.g., 50/50 mix of nitrous oxide and oxygen, M size (22 L H2O) or larger high-pressure cylinders, and liquid oxygen 65 L reservoirs or greater]; and c) the safe storage, use, and handling of portable oxygen systems intended for use on a medical gas pipeline system. Note : See CSA Z7396.1 for further information. 1.4 Terminology In this Standard, “shall” is used to express a requirement, i.e., a provision that the user is obliged to satisfy in order to comply with the Standard; “should” is used to express a recommendation or that which is advised but not required; and “may” is used to express an option or that which is permissible within the limits of the Standard. Notes accompanying clauses do not include requirements or alternative requirements; the purpose of a note accompanying a clause is to separate from the text explanatory or informative material. Notes to tables and figures are considered part of the table or figure and may be written as requirements. Annexes are designated normative (mandatory) or informative (non-mandatory) to define their application. 1.5 Units of measurement The values given in SI units are the units of record for the purposes of this Standard. The values given in parentheses are for information and comparison only.