Hotel Dieu Hospital Dept. of Anaesthesia, Kingston Collection
Category
Diagnostic & Treatment Artifacts
Classification
Anaesthesia
Accession Number
997008049
Description
Ohio anaesthesia machine exhaust valve, which consists of a central square piece of metal with a short hollow cylindrical exhaust valve at the back and a solid round pressure-adjustment knob at the front; the base of the valve has a hollow cylindrical piece which is threaded at the bottom to allow …
Ohio anaesthesia machine exhaust valve, which consists of a central square piece of metal with a short hollow cylindrical exhaust valve at the back and a solid round pressure-adjustment knob at the front; the base of the valve has a hollow cylindrical piece which is threaded at the bottom to allow it to be attached to an anaesthesia machine; there are four plastic labels stuck on the valve.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Purchased by and used at the Hotel Dieu Hospital, Kingston, Ontario.
The exhaust valve at the back is labelled, "RELIEF VALVE EXHAUST"; a label attached to the front of the valve reads, "WARNING . EXPLOSION HAZARD . WARNING // DO NOT EXHAUST FLAMMABLE // AGENTS INTO VACUUM SYSTEM"; label above front knob reads, "SET TO LOWEST // PRESSURE WHEN // NOT IN USE TO // PROLONG LIFE // OF DIAPHRAGM"; label below the front knob reads, "BBFLO3953 // Ohio Medical Products AIRCO ® // A DIVISION OF AIRCO, INC, . MADISON, WIS. . 53707 // 205-5627-300 "/80"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-F2-3
Dimension Notes
Length: 8.4 cm. x Width: 5.4 cm. x Depth: 9.2 cm.
Condition Remarks
The exhaust valve arrived dirty and dusty; the metal parts show little wear and no corrosion; the plastic labels are complete and fully legible; one label on the top of the front knob is starting to come off