Mismatched connections

Historically, anaesthetic equipment manufacturers used a number of differently-sized connectors in anaesthetic breathing systems. This gave rise to the potentially dangerous possibility of mismatched taper connections and a failure to create a gas-tight breathing system capable of ventilating a pati...

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Published in:Anaesthesia and intensive care 2008-07, Vol.36 (1_suppl), p.19-22
Main Author: HOUGHTON, I. T
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anesthesia
Anesthesia, Inhalation - history
Anesthesia, Inhalation - instrumentation
Anesthesia, Inhalation - standards
Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy
Anesthesiology - history
Anesthesiology - instrumentation
Anesthesiology - standards
Biological and medical sciences
Equipment Failure
History, 20th Century
Humans
International Cooperation
Medical sciences
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Summary:Historically, anaesthetic equipment manufacturers used a number of differently-sized connectors in anaesthetic breathing systems. This gave rise to the potentially dangerous possibility of mismatched taper connections and a failure to create a gas-tight breathing system capable of ventilating a patient. The British Standard 3849 of 1965 attempted to correct this problem but manufacturers' designs, in some cases, still caused problems. The problem was aggravated by a move to adopt a slightly different International Standards Organisation design. By the time that universally-interchangeable connectors were widespread twenty years later disposable breathing systems had replaced the old, heavy metal connectors.
ISSN:0310-057X
1448-0271
DOI:10.1177/0310057X0803601s04