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ISO 16571 specifies requirements and guidelines for the design, manufacture, installation, function, performance, maintenance, servicing, documentation, testing, and commissioning of equipment for evacuation of plume generated by medical devices. This International Standard is applicable to a) portable and mobile plume evacuation systems, b) local stationary plume evacuation systems, c) dedicated central pipeline systems for plume evacuation systems, and d) plume evacuation systems integrated into other equipment (e.g. laser equipment).