When picturing a hospital, one typically envisions the medical staff, advanced equipment, and efficient functioning of the healthcare facility. However, an essential yet often forgotten aspect of hospital operations is the use of medical compressed air. This indispensable resource is extensively applied throughout various hospital departments, including intensive patient care, neonatal department, operating rooms and in laboratories to ensure tasks are carried out safely and hygienically.
Various Applications of Medical Compressed Air in Hospitals
The versatile applications of medical compressed air are essential across hospitals, regardless of their size or structure, supporting various aspects of daily operations and healthcare services. Within a hospital environment, compressed air finds utility in numerous functions, such as:
• Providing respiratory support through ventilators
• Maintaining controlled environments in incubators
• Serving as a carrier gas for anaesthesia
• Inflating emergency mattresses and wheels on service carts and wheelchairs
• Ensuring patient comfort and proper breathing in both emergency and non-emergency operating rooms
• Powering surgical instruments during procedures
• Operating air filtration systems to maintain optimal air quality within the hospital
• Facilitating cleaning processes in dusty areas
• In Endoscope washing and drying machine
• Energizing repair and maintenance tools like impact hammers, nail guns, and various other equipment
• Powering physio therapeutical equipment
What is medical compressed air?
Typically, the process of producing compressed air involves drawing in surrounding air, compressing it, and pressurizing it. However, to achieve medical grade compressed air quality, some additional modifications are necessary.
Quality of medical grade compressed air is defined by international standards. First of all, it must be free from contamination or particles, have no oil or odours, and must be dry. This purified and uncontaminated compressed air serves as a crucial resource in hospitals and medical facilities.
Given its critical role, maintaining the safety and cleanliness of compressed air systems in hospitals is paramount. Therefore, more and more hospitals choose oil-free air compressors equipped with dryers to prevent issues related to oil and moisture contamination, which can lead to equipment damage, corrosion, and mold growth. By utilizing a reliable and cost-effective delivery system, hospitals can ensure that their supply of medical compressed air remains consistently available and of high quality.
For those prioritizing safe and top-quality patient care, EKOM has been a trusted provider of clean and hygienic medical compressed air to numerous countries for over three decades.
EKOM's biggest advantage is the ability to offer a complete range of compressors to supply compressed air according to medical requirements - from small compressors designed to run 1 ventilator or 1 anaesthesia machine, to larger compressor systems known as "Tower" solutions.
These systems are the ideal for small to medium sized clinics. They consist of compressor pumps designed to provide the required air supply of up to 2030 l/min. The great advantage of these solutions is that if one of the compressor pumps fails, the others will continue to operate. In this way the back-up system is secured. When completed with a dryer and air filtration, the tower provides medical grade air at the outlet. The compressor station control system allows remote monitoring of all key parameters.
Our experienced partners will provide services starting with offer, delivery, installation, certification, and upkeep to offer you a convenient and user-friendly service. Get in touch with them now to receive a complimentary estimate for medical compressed air tailored to your needs.