Draft Details

1.1 Application
This Standard applies to the safe storage, handling, and use of portable oxygen systems for medical or therapeutic use at the patient bedside. It includes portable oxygen systems which provide medical oxygen in high-pressure oxygen cylinders, liquid oxygen systems, and oxygen concentrators. in residential buildings and health care facilities.

1.2 Inclusions
This Standard includes requirements for maximum aggregate storage quantities of gaseous and liquid oxygen.

1.3 Exclusions
This Standard shall not apply to veterinary hospitals, gas mixes containing oxygen (e.g., 50/50 mix of nitrous oxide and oxygen, M size (22L H2O) or larger high pressure cylinders, and liquid oxygen 65L reservoirs or greater) and the safe storage, use, and handling of portable Oxygen systems which are intended for use on a Medical Gas Pipeline System. See CSA Z7396.1 - Medical gas pipeline systems - Part 1: Pipelines for medical gases, medical vacuum, medical support gases, and anaesthetic gas scavenging systems for further information.

1.3 Terminology
In CSA Standards, “shall” is used to express a requirement, i.e., a provision that the user is obliged to satisfy in order to comply with the standard; “should” is used to express a recommendation or that which is advised but not required; “may” is used to express an option or that which is permissible within the limits of the standard; and “can” is used to express possibility or capability. Notes accompanying clauses do not include requirements or alternative requirements; the purpose of a note accompanying a clause is to separate from the text explanatory or informative material. Notes to tables and figures are considered part of the table or figure and may be written as requirements. Annexes are designated normative (mandatory) or informative (non-mandatory) to define their application.

1.4 Values
The values given in SI (metric) units are the standard. The values given in parentheses are for information only.