Oxygen Concentrator Splitter Tubing inc Firesafe Oxygen Cannula Valve
To be used to split the flow from an oxygen concentrator from a single outlet to a double outlet. Please note that this will approximately half the flow of the concentrator on each outlet.
Firesafe™ range saves lives by minimising the risk of oxygen-related fires and isolating the oxygen supply, Firesafe™ products are now mandatory in the NHS.
Firesafe Protection, Medical Oxygen Concentrators
The requirement to install a minimum of two Firesafe devices (or similar) into a domiciliary Oxygen circuit (one near the chest area and one near the Oxygen source) has been a requirement since 2004/5 under the UK DoH installation specification.
ISO 80601-2-69:2014 is applicable to a transit-operable and non-transit-operable oxygen concentrators and requires a minimum of two Firesafe (or similar) devices fitted to the circuit.
The link below is to the global ISO Standard.
http://www.iso.org/iso/home/store/catalogue_ics/catalogue_detail_ics.htm?csnumber=59978
