A central low vacuum pipeline system for the disposal of waste anaesthetic gases.

An independent low vacuum pipeline system for scavenging waste anaesthetic gases is described. The pipeline system has terminal points in several operating and induction rooms. At each terminal point a connection box is installed, eigher in the wall or in a ceiling pendant. Excess gases from the anaesthetic apparatus or the patient ventilator are collected in a reservoir and subsequently sucked through the pipeline system, together with a surplus of air, extracted from the room via openings in the terminal box. The total suction rate is 100 1/min at each terminal box. Once connected, the system needs no looking after by the anaesthetist. Sub-atmospheric and positive pressures, measured at the point of connection to the anaesthetic apparatus are always between -11 Pa and +60 Pa, complying with the current standards.