709.13 STORAGE ROOMS FOR COMBUSTIBLE ANESTHETICS.

   Storage rooms for combustible anesthetics shall be constructed of an assembly of building materials with a minimum fire-resistant rating of one hour, and shall not communicate directly with an operating, anesthesia or furnace room, or any room containing an open flame or spark-producing device.

   Oxygen and nitrous oxide shall not be stored in the same room with any combustible anesthetic agent such as cyclopropane, divinyl ether, ethyl chloride, ethyl ether, ethylene, vinethlene or vinyl ether.

   Provisions shall be made for racks or fastening to protect cylinders from accidental damage or dislocation.

   No open flame, smoking or spark-producing device shall be permitted within a room in which combustible anesthetics or compressed oxygen is used or stored.

   All rooms in which combustible anesthetics are stored shall be individually ventilated to the exterior.

   Oxygen and nitrous oxide of a total capacity in excess of 1,500 cubic feet, when located within the building shall be enclosed in a separate room or enclosure within a room with a minimum fire-resistant rating of at least one hour. The manifold enclosure shall be individually vented to the outside.

   Oxygen and nitrous oxide of a total capacity of less than 1,500 cubic feet shall be stored in rooms or enclosures within a room. The rooms or enclosures do not have to be vented to the outside but the doors to such rooms or enclosures shall be provided with louvres at top and bottom.

   Rooms or enclosures for combustible or nonflammable gases shall not be used for storage purposes other than for the cylinders containing the gases. Storage of empty cylinders pending their removal is permissible.

   Electrical wall fixtures in oxygen and nitrous oxide storage rooms shall be installed in fixed locations not less than five feet above the floor to avoid physical damage.

   In storage locations for combustible anesthetics the electrical wiring and equipment shall comply with the explosion-proof requirements of the National Electrical Code.

(Ord. 31-1964. Passed 1-12-65.)