Periodic Maintenance Checklist before surgery

3.4 Checklist before surgery

Before the anesthesia machine at the client end is maintained, some routine tests are required to
check if the current status of the anesthesia machine is normal. The following table lists the routine
tests.

SN Test item Functional description Test interval

1. Check if mechanical ventilation is provided normally
and if an alarm occurs.
2. Check if the preset values of pressure and TV are same
to the measured values.
Check the 3. Check if the pressure measured by the pressure sensor After each
mechanical is same to that indicated by the airway pressure gauge service or at
1
ventilation and if the the time of return
mode TV measured by the flow sensor is same to that visit
indicated by the graduation on the bellows housing.
4. Roughly judge if the breathing system has a significant
leak by observing how much fresh gas is compensatedt
and observing if the folding bag collapses.
1. Check the pneumatic circuit in mechanical ventilation
Breathing mode for leaks, including bellows, drive gas circuit,
system leak sodalime canister, patient tubes, flow sensors and their After each
test in connectors. service or at
2
mechanical 2. Check the control effectiveness of main control board the time of return
ventilation and auxiliary control board over PEEP safety valve. visit
mode 3. Check the monitoring effectiveness of auxiliary control
module over airway pressure and PEEP path pressure.
Breathing
Check the pneumatic circuit in manual ventilation mode After each
system leak
for leaks, including APL valve, check valve, sodalime service or at
3 test in manual
canister, patient tubes, flow sensors and their the time of return
ventilation
connectors. visit
mode
Check if the zero points of all the flow sensors and After each
Check the
pressure sensors inside the machine are within the service or at
4 sensors’ zero
normal range so as to determine when to replace the the time of return
points
monitor board. visit
1. Check if the measurements made by the flow sensors
inside the machine are the same. After each
Check the flow
2. Check if the measurement made by any flow sensor service or at
5 sensor
inside the machine is accurate. the time of return
accuracy
3. Check the effectiveness of flow calibration (factory) visit
result.
1. Check if the measurements made by the pressure
sensors inside the machine are the same. After each
Check the
2. Check if the measurement made by any pressure service or at
6 pressure sensor
sensor inside the machine is accurate. the time of return
accuracy
3. Check the effectiveness of pressure calibration visit
(factory) result.
Check the 1. Check if the measurement made by the electronic After each
electronic flowmeter is normal. service or at
7
flowmeter 2. Check the effectiveness of electronic flowmeter the time of return
accuracy calibration result. visit
1. Check if the measurement made by the AG module is After each
Check the
normal. service or at
8 AG module
2. Check the effectiveness of AG module calibration the time of return
accuracy
result. visit

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