The course is set out twice below, once for porters and maintenance technicians and once for nurses, because the contents differ by audience.
Course A · Porters and Maintenance Techs
Medical Gas Safety Training – Porters and Maintenance Techs
This training course is aimed at all healthcare sites with piped medical gas systems and/or medical gas cylinder holdings.
Providing the essential training for porters and maintenance technicians in handling, storing or using medical gas cylinders, as required by HTM02-01 and the HSWA 1974.
Ensuring the safe operation and use of medical gas cylinders their hazards and emergency actions.
Duration
- Either 1 x ½ day session or 2 x ½ day sessions in the same day
Delegates
- Up to 20 delegates per session (room size permitting)
Format
- Theory, Demonstration and Test
Certificate
- Certificate of completion issued
Porters and Maintenance Techs
Contents:
- Hazards of compressed and cryogenic gases
- Colour and labelling identification of Gases
- Operation of cylinders
- Safe Storage and handling
- Practical Session (preparation of cylinders for use)
- Introduction to piped medical gas systems
- Warning alarm actions and isolation valves
- Operation of emergency supplies
- Practical changing cylinders on manifolds (if required)
- Why a permit to work system is in place
- Overview of pipeline connected equipment
Course B · Nurses
Medical Gas Safety Training – Nurses
Providing essential training for Nurses in handling, storing or using medical gas cylinders, as required by HTM02-01 and the HSWA 1974, to ensure the safe operation and use of medical gas cylinders their hazards and emergency actions.
Duration
- Either 1 x ½ day session or 2 x ½ day sessions in the same day
Delegates
- Up to 20 delegates per session (room size permitting)
Format
- Theory, Demonstration and Test
Certificate
- Certificate of completion issued
Nurses
Contents:
- MGPS, cylinder safety and hazards
- Colour and labelling identification of Gases
- Operation of cylinders
- Safe Storage and handling
- Practical Session (preparation of cylinders for use)
- Fault reporting
- Medical gas pipeline systems basic principals
- Why a permit to work system is in place
- Warning alarm actions and isolation valves
- Gas conservation
- The safe use of pipeline connected equipment
Training