MED GAS GUARANTEED TO PASS PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE ANSWERS

MED GAS GUARANTEED TO PASS
PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE
ANSWERS

●● What are other types of gas piping systems hospitals may have ?
Answer: Carbon Dioxide, Helium and Ethylene.


●● What kind of piping may be used for medical gas systems ?
Answer: Seamless copper Type L or Type K.


●● What markings must copper tube for medical gas have ?
Answer: Markings signifying oxy, med or med-oxy use in either blue or
green lettering.


●● What type of copper tube can be used?
Answer: Hard temper copper with the exception that soft copper tube
can be used for underground installations to reduce number of joints.


●● How should medical piping and fittings arrive?
Answer: They should all be cleaned, capped and packaged in a manner
that does not allow any contamination.

, ●● What is the minimum size piping for medical gas?
Answer: 1/2"


●● How must valves and fittings be installed?
Answer: They must be brazed or threaded. Must keep threaded fittings
to a minimum. All threaded joints must be accessible.


●● How do they prevent cross contamination ?
Answer: By having specific outlets and terminals that are sized and
designed with pins that match the outlet of the particular gas.


●● How many different sized connectors and pins are there to prevent
cross contamination?
Answer: There are 6.


●● Its recommended wall mounted terminal units be how high off the
floor?
Answer: 1.5 meters.


●● When is flux permitted?
Answer: When joining dissimilar metals.


●● Pressure relief valves must have their discharge pipe ran to where?