NM2C PMS PROCEDURE (continued)
Another Narkomed Standard could have recommendation numbers 2, 10, and 11 apply.
# 2- No oxygen pressure depletion warning. Code is BCII.
# 10- Pressure monitor is not interfaced with anesthesia ventilator. Code is B.
# 11- Ventilator is equipped with descending bellows. Code is BCI.
The correct certification for this machine is BCI and BCII, which means "CERTIFIED WITH
RECOMMENDATIONS and CONDITIONALLY CERTIFIED with conditions I and II"
The reason for this is that BCI and BCII both mean that the machine is certified with
recommendations (B), conditionally certified (C), with condition (I) and condition (II) equally applied.
A Narkomed 2A could have recommendation numbers 6 and 30 apply.
# 6- ORM instead of ORMc. Code is BCII.
# 30- Anesthesia machine is equippedwith inhalation anesthesia vaporizers without an agent monitor
in the breathing system. Code is B.
The correct certification for this machine is BCII, which means "CERTIFIED with
RECOMMENDATIONS and CONDITIONALLY CERTIFIED with condition II"
A Narkomed 2B could have recommendation numbers 25 and 30 apply.
# 25- PEEP device on 22mm terminal of expiratory valve. Code is BCI.
# 30- Anesthesia machine is equipped withinhalation anesthesia vaporizers without an agent monitor
in the breathing system. Code is B.
The correct certification for this machine is BCI, which means "CERTIFIED with
RECOMMENDATIONS, and CONDITIONALLY CERTIFIED with condition (I) applied.
A Narkomed 4 could have recommendation number 28 apply.
# 28- Absorber PEEP valve does not have bypass valve. Code is B.
The correct certification for this machine is B, which means "CERTIFIED with
RECOMMENDATIONS"
A Narkomed 2C (incorporating a VA3200 in the anesthesia workstation) may not have any
recommendation numbers apply.
The correct certification for this machine is A, which means "CERTIFIED".
Code, D which means "NO CERTIFICATION", also means the machine shall not receive a
Periodic Manufacturer’s Certification label. The machine shall receive a "WARNING - This
System Is Not Certified" label. This label shall be placed at a prominent location on the
right side of the machine after all other previous PM and "Vigilance Audit® Validation"
labels have been removed.
After a period of one year if any of the following Equipment Conditions still apply, the
machine will not be certified under the Periodic Manufacturer’s Certification program. The
machine shall not receive a Periodic Manufacturer’s Certification label. The machine shall
receive a "WARNING - This is a vintage machine . . ." label. This label shall be placed at a
prominent location on the right side of the machine after all other previous PM and
"Vigilance Audit® Validation" labels have been removed.
Rev. T 6-1H
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