Medical air
What is medical air?
Short answer
Medical air is compressed air supplied through the hospital pipeline, breathed by patients and used to drive medical equipment, and the European Pharmacopoeia treats it as a medicine.
The Pharmacopoeia sets limits for its carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides and oil content, among others. ULTRAAR SC plants are specified to the Pharmacopoeia parameters: CO2 below 500 ppm, CO below 5 ppm, SO2 below 1 ppm, NOx below 2 ppm, particles below 1 μm, oil exempt and a working dew point of −46 °C.
Sources
- Ultra Controlo, Medical gas answers: ULTRAAR SC datasheet; European Pharmacopoeia, monograph 1238 (Medicinal air).
- ultracontrolo.com: Medical air for hospitals
- ACSS, ET 03/2006 v.2024, Especificações técnicas para gases medicinais e aspiração em edifícios hospitalares, section 4.6.1
Ultra Controlo figures come from its technical datasheets. Third-party facts were read at the source on the date shown.
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