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43 First Line and Planned Maintenance Manual
Frontline Sirius®
I. SINGLE USE DEVICES
Any part of the breathing system, ancillary equipment or other apparatus that is
designated “single-use” must be used for one patient only, and not re-used. Packaging
should not be removed until the point of use for infection control, identification and
safety. (For details of decontamination of re-usable equipment, see the AAGBI Infection
Control document.)
J. MACHINE FAILURE
In the event of failure some modern anaesthetic workstations may default to little or no
flow. It is essential that an alternative oxygen supply and means of ventilation (e.g. self-
inflating bag, circuit and oxygen cylinder, which must be checked as functioning correctly
with an adequate supply of oxygen) are always readily available. Consideration should be
given to alternative methods of maintaining anaesthesia in this situation.
K. RECORDING AND AUDIT
A clear note must be made in the patient’s anaesthetic record, that the anaesthetic
machine check has been performed, that appropriate monitoring is in place and
functional, and that the integrity, patency and safety of the whole breathing system has
been assured. There must also be a logbook kept with each anaesthetic machine to
record the daily pre-session check and weekly check of the oxygen failure alarm.
Documentation of the routine checking and regular servicing of anaesthetic machines
and patient breathing systems should be sufficient to permit audit on a regular basis.
The Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland cannot be held
responsible for failure of any anaesthetic equipment as a result of a defect not
revealed by these procedures.
2. User Pre Use Testing