ASTM Int’l Issues Safety, Performance Requirements Standard for Tracheal Tube Fixation Devices
December 16, 2008 // Published as a news service by IHS
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ASTM International issued ASTM F2726 - Specification for Fixation Devices for Tracheal Tubes and Other Airway Devices, which covers safety and performance requirements for fixation devices for tracheal tubes.
The standard was developed by Subcommittee F29.12 on Airways, Bronchoscopes and Laryngoscopes, part of ASTM International Committee F29 on Anesthetic and Respiratory Equipment.
Susan Dorsch is an F29 member and co-author of the textbook, "Understanding Anesthesia Equipment."
While conducting research for the latest edition of the book, Dorsch speculated on how inadvertent intubation, one of the major hazards of intubation, might be lessened by improvements in the methods used to attach these devices to the patient, according to ASTM International.
Subcommittee F29.12 decided to pursue the development of a standard that covers safety and performance requirements for fixation devices designed to be attached to the head, face or mouth of a patient and equipped with a means to secure and stabilize a tracheal tube or other airway device in its intended position.
Source: ASTM International.