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Canadian Journal of Anesthesia, Vol 27, 175-177, Copyright © 1980 by Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society

Sudden Interruption of Gas Flow Through A Schrader Oxygen Coupler Unit

DOUGLAS B. CRAIG 1 and JACK CULLIGAN 2

1 Department of Anaesthesia, Health Sciences Centre and University of Manitoba
2 Department of Anaesthesia, St. Boniface General Hospital and University of Manitoba

The flow of oxygen to an anaesthetic gas machine suddenly and completely stopped during the course of a general anaesthetic. The cause of the failure was traced to a Schrader oxygen coupler check unit. During servicing, one component of the check unit had inadvertently been replaced by a similar but inappropriate component. Interruption of oxygen flow resulted from a loss of contact between two components of the check unit. This incident raises questions about the basic design and safety of Schrader coupler check units.






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