scope:

Scope and object

This Clause of the General Standard applies except as follows:

Replacement:

This Standard applies to anaesthesia ventilators as defined in Clause 2.13.5, designed to be installed and used in accordance with the rules of the Canadian Electrical Code, Part I.

Other medical equipment such as devices for monitoring, which can be incorporated in or mounted on anaesthesia ventilators, are not covered by this Standard.

This Standard amends and supplements CSA Standard CAN/CSA-C22.2 No.601.1 and its supplements, hereinafter referred to as the General Standard. For the purposes of testing and approving anaesthesia ventilators covered within the scope of this Standard, the anaesthesia ventilator must meet the combined requirements, as applicable, of both this Standard and the General Standard.