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Description / Abstract:
Replacement:
This standard applies to AUTOCLAVES, including those with an automatic
loading and unloading
system, which incorporate a PRESSURE VESSEL using steam within the
absolute pressure range from 0
to 500 kPa, and intended for the treatment of medical materials and
for laboratory processes, for
example for sterilization.
NOTES
1 National and other regulations or codes apply for the safety of
automatic loading and unloading
systems.
2 All pressures are specified in absolute terms. Atmospheric pressure
(1 bar) = 100 kPa.
Where an AUTOCLAVE incorporates a steam generator having its own
PRESSURE VESSEL within the same
enclosure, the applicable safety requirements for the AUTOCLAVE
PRESSURE VESSEL apply also to the
steam generator (see 14.105).
Equipment excluded from the scope
Addition:
Add the following new dash:
- pressurized environmental cabinets.
NOTES
1 Since all AUTOCLAVES covered by this part 2 use steam, other types
using dry heat, toxic gas or
radiation are not included.
2 This standard does not deal with special requirements for protection
against chemical and
high-risk micro-biological hazards associated with the AUTOCLAVE LOAD,
nor with requirements for
the design of the PRESSURE VESSEL itself.