The Isoflurane
bottle has notches in them arranged in a way that is specific for Isoflurane.
The Isoflurane key filler has specific corresponding cuts where the notches the
notches of the bottle will fit. This makes sure that you cannot fix the
wrong filler key into the wrong bottle.
The notches on
the bottle fit perfectly into the key filler.
The correct key
filler is on the correct bottle
Note the corner
notch in the vaporiser end of the Isoflurane key filler.
The corner notch
in the Isoflurane key filler aligns with the corner notch of the Isoflurane
vaporiser.
Filling with the
correct agent.
A different
system used for a Desflurane vaporiser.
This particular
design is for a Sevoflurane vaporiser.
As mentioned
before, filling systems may differ in your hospital. But the main concepts
remain, i.e. it should help minimise filling the vaporisers with a wrong agent.
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