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Standard Type : Main
Document No : ISO 18835:2015
Document Year : 2015
Pages : 22
Edition : 1
Section Volume : Breathing attachments and anaesthetic machines (ISO/TC 121/SC 1.)
ISO 18835:2015 specifies basic safety and essential performance requirements for anaesthetic systems utilizing the draw-over method to provide inhalational anaesthesia.
Requirements are included to allow the use of these systems with both non-flammable and flammable anaesthetic agents.
ISO 18835:2015 also includes requirements for a bellows-type manual ventilator.
NOTE 1 Requirements for automatic anaesthetic ventilators are covered by ISO 80601‑2-13.
NOTE 2 Requirements for operator-powered self-inflating bags are covered by ISO 10651‑4.
ISO 18835:2015 does not specify requirements for monitoring of the equipment or the patient.