scope:

This Standard specifies minimum safety and performance requirements for medical and surgical suction equipment for health care facilities such as hospitals, for domiciliary care of patients and for field and transport use.

Although such equipment may be driven by centrally powered piped vacuum systems, compressed gases and electricity, or be manually powered for a variety of applications, this Standard addresses only mains electricity- and battery-powered suction equipment.

NOTE 1 See also Annex M in this Standard.

NOTE 2 Transaportation means to transfer patients, not to move patients to another place in medical facilities

NOTE 3 The International Standard corresponding to this Standard and the symbol of degree of correspondence are as follows.

ISO 10079-1: 1999 Medical suction equipment-Part 1: Electrically powered suction equipment-Safety requirements (MOD)

In addition, symbols, which denote the degree of correspondence in the contents between the relevant International Standard and JIS, are IDT (identical), MOD (modified), and NEQ (not equivalent) according to ISO/lEC Guide 21-1.

This Standard is referred to as a "Particular Standard" of JIS T 0601-1. The requirements of this Standard take precedence over those of JIS T 0601-1.

The scope and object given in clause 1 of JIS T 0601-1 apply, except that 1.1 of JIS T 0601-1 is replaced by the following.

This Standard is not applicable to:

a) central power supply (by vacuum/compressed air generation), piping systems of vehicles and buildings, and wall connectors;

b) catheter tubes, drains, curettes and suction tips;

c) syringes;

d) dental suction equipment;

e) waste gas scavenging systems;

f) laboratory suction;

g) autotransfusion systems;

h) passive urinary drainage;

i) closed systems for wound drainage;

j) gravity gastric drainage;

k) orally operated mucous extractors;

l) suction equipment where the collection container is downstream of the vacuum pump;

m) equipment marked as suction unit for permanent tracheostomy;

n) ventouse (obstetric) equipment;

o) neonatal mucous extractors;

p) suction equipment marked for endoscopic use only.