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Research Paper | Anaesthesiology | India | Volume 12 Issue 12, December 2023
Optimizing Medical Gas Pipeline Systems in Healthcare: Lessons from the COVID-19 Era
Abstract: The article explores the implementation and importance of Medical Gas Pipeline Systems MGPS in healthcare, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. It highlights the systems components, standards, and maintenance requirements. The focus is on ensuring uninterrupted, safe, and efficient delivery of essential medical gases, with a case study from a healthcare facility in India. The significance of MGPS in modern healthcare and the lessons learned from the pandemic are also discussed. Medical gas pipeline system was not a regular phenomenon before the covid 19 era in the Indian set up. It was limited only to few institutions of higher learning, and some private hospitals. Piped medical gases became life saviour during the pandemic and after. MGPS usually consists of a single source for each of following, from which various gases like oxygen, medical air, nitrous oxide and vacuum are supplied to multiple areas through rugged metal pipes. They are easy to operate from a single manifold in a room. This system needs daily review and periodic maintenance for its maximal efficiency. Though this system is initially expensive to construct and commission but when it is complete, it is very efficient, cost effective and long lasting. In our facility we have a MGPS system through which oxygen and vacuum is provided to 180 beds and supply of other gases along with the above mentioned two to operation theatre complex.
Keywords: Hospital management, oxygen supply, nitrous oxide, compressed air, vacuum, COVID 19, healthcare infrastructure, Medical Gas Pipeline System
Edition: Volume 12 Issue 12, December 2023,
Pages: 179 - 181