Medical Gas and Vacuum Systems Installation Handbook, 2012 Edition

THE NFPA HANDBOOKS DIFFER FROM CODES AND STANDARDS

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NFPA codes and standards both provide requirements for achieving outcomes. Handbooks take a deeper dive, providing the full text of a code or standard as well as expert commentary and features such as graphics, decision trees, testing procedures, case studies, sample forms and checklists, and other helpful aids to give a better understanding of the reasoning behind the requirements and how to apply them.

JUST REMEMBER:

• A code or standard is a framework—a set of rules to follow with a goal to achieve a certain result
• A handbook is a connector—linking requirements to application by helping you understand the reasoning behind a code or standard

The simplest way to think about it is that codes and standards list the technical requirements while handbooks explain those requirements to clarify how to apply them.

Contents

Preface

About the Editors

About the Contributors

PART ONE

Medical Gas and Vacuum System Installation Handbook

1 Administration

1.1 Scope

1.2 Purpose

1.3 Application

1.4 Equivalency

1.5 Units

1.6 Code Adoption Requirements

2 Referenced Publications

2.1 General

2.2 NFPA Publications

2.3 Other Publications

2.4 References for Extracts in Mandatory Sections

3 Definitions

3.1 General

3.2 NFPA Offi cialDefi nitions

3.3 General Defi nitions

4 Fundamentals

4.1 Building System Categories

4.2 Risk Assessment

4.3 Application

5 Gas and Vacuum Systems 81

5.1 Category 1 Piped Gas and Vacuum Systems

5.2 Category 2 Piped Gas and Vacuum Systems

5.3 Category 3 Piped Gas and Vacuum Systems

Annexes 387

A Explanatory Materials

B Additional Explanatory Notes

PART TWO

Supplements

1 Qualifications for Personnel Performing Medical Gas Work and General Brazing Procedures

2 Cleaning for Oxygen Service and Preparing a Joint for Brazing

3 Installation Testing and Documentation

Index

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