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1313.1 Quality of Medical Air
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Medical air shall be required to have the following characteristics:
- It shall be supplied from cylinders, bulk containers, or medical air compressor sources, or it shall be reconstituted from oxygen USP and oil-free, dry nitrogen NF.
- It shall meet the requirements of medical air USP.
- It shall have no detectable liquid hydrocarbons.
- It shall have less than 25 ppm gaseous hydrocarbons.
- It shall have equal to or less than lmg/m3 (6.85 × 10-07 lb/yd3) of permanent particulates sized 1 micron or larger in the air at normal atmospheric pressure. [NFPA 99:5.1.3.6.1]
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