IS 18377 : 2024/ISO 5366 : 2016 Anaesthetic and Respiratory Equipment - Tracheostomy Tubes and Connectors
(Superseeding IS 8432 : 1997 and IS/ISO 5366-1 : 2000)
NATIONAL FOREWORD
This Indian Standard which is an identicalto ISO 5366 : 2016 'Anaesthetic and respiratory equipment - Tracheostomy tubes and connectors' issued by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) was adopted by the Bureau of Indian Standards on the recommendation of the Anaesthetic, Resuscitation and Allied equipment Sectional Committee and approval of the Medical Equipment and Hospital Planning Division Council.
This standard supersedes IS 8432 : 1977 'Specification for tubes tracheostomy (Rubber or Plastics)' and IS/ISO 5366-1 : 2000 'Anaesthetic and respiratory equipment tracheostomy tubes and connectors'.
The text of ISO standard has been approved as suitable for publication as an Indian Standard without deviations. Certain conventions are however not identical to those used in Indian Standards. Attention is particularly drawn to the following:
a) Wherever the words 'International Standard' appear referring to this standard, they should be read as 'Indian Standard'; and
b) Comma (,) has been used as a decimal marker while in Indian Standards, the current practice is to use a point (.) as the decimal marker.