scope:

This standard addresses gas specific quick disconnect adaptors used primarily in healthcare facilities that mate with medical gas wall outlets and equipment.

This standard excludes gas specific threaded connections including Diameter Index Safety Systems (DISS) that are addressed in CGA V-5, Standard for Diameter Index Safety System (Noninterchangeable Low Pressure Connections for Medical Gas Applications), and non-interchangeable screwed-threaded (NIST) connectors addressed in CSA Z5359, Anaesthetic and respiratory equipment - Low-pressure hose assemblies for use with medical gases, medical vacuum, medical support gases, and anaesthetic gas scavenging systems [1, 2].¹

¹ References are shown by bracketed numbers and are listed in order of appearance in the reference section.