title: Focus on systems for mobile units.
abstract: Highly experienced medical gasspecialist, Geoff Dillow, considers the particular challenges of designing, installing, and testing, medical gas systems used in the mobile units widely deployed on hospital sites in recent years for surgical and clinical use. In the first part of a two-part article, he explains that the design and construction limitations particular to such units can result in them incorporating medical gas systems that are not 100 per cent compliant with HTM 02-01, and argues for a pragmatic approach to addressing this. Part 2 will examine the engineering and pharmaceutical testing requirements of mobile installations.
authors.forename: Geoff
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dillow
mesh_terms: D005740:Gases; D019983:Guideline Adherence; D008284:Maintenance and Engineering, Hospital / Q000379:methods; D008952:Mobile Health Units; D017751:Safety Management; D006113:United Kingdom
chemical_list: D005740:Gases