13.2 Essential performance
ESSENTIAL PERFORMANCE (term defined in IEC 60601-1)
• Oxygen flow under all conditions except the failure of the oxygen
supply or generation of a clinical and/or technical alarm
• Delivery of a non-hypoxic gas mixture to the patient or generation
of a clinical and/or technical alarm
• Non-delivery of excessive concentrations of a volatile anesthetic
agent or generation of a clinical alarm
• Airway pressure monitoring and associated clinical alarms (Ppeak,
PEEP)
• Gas measurement accuracy (for Isoflurane, Desflurane,
Sevoflurane, CO
2
, N
2
O, O
2
) and generation of gas measurement
associated clinical alarms or generation of a technical alarm
• Delivery of ventilation at the patient connection port within the
alarm limits set by the operator or generation of a clinical or
technical alarm
Essential performance
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