Anesthesia vaporizer manufacturers recommend calibrating your equipment on a regular basis. A common range is from one to three years depending on your model.
Why service your vaporizers?
To ensure the vaporizer is delivering the correct required concentration of anesthetic agent it needs to be professionally serviced.
Unserviced vaporizers have the potential to leak agent into the O.R. atmosphere causing a potential health hazard.
Why service your vaporizers with Avante Health Solutions?
Avante has been calibrating vaporizers for over 20 years and has the experience and trained personnel to provide safe handling and working procedures for optimizing the long term performance of your equipment.
Avante offers a quick turn-around time. From the time your vaporizer arrives at Avante it takes between 1-3 days.
Avante offers a great price for clean and calibration.
Documentation of Equipment Validation/Service
Avante provides specific documentation with every service:
Date of last service
Date of the validation test
Initials of the person who performed the test
Test results
Vaporizers will have a certificate of the calibration date affixed after each service
Documentation of service will be affixed to each anesthesia machine or vaporizer that is in service
Recommended Service Time
The primary standard for re-calibration / certification is the manufacturer recommendation. If no such recommendation exists then the anesthetic agent delivery should be validated annually or any time the vaporizer has not been in service for more than one year. If the verified delivery is ± 10% out of calibration, the unit should be serviced by a professional service center.