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Preventive Maintenance

Medical Gas Manifold Alarm Check

The medical gas manifold check reads the alarm panel and the reserve header pressure on the installed gauge. The technician writes the as-found reading and compares it with the last one on the asset. This does not authorize changing a medical gas source while patients are on it. Anything past that line belongs to the site's own procedure, the OEM manual, or a permit. This is the inspection ChatterFix schedules. It is not itself permission to go further.

Interval Monthly
Est. Duration 1.0 hr
Steps 5
Applies To Healthcare & Hospital Facilities

The Procedure

The steps ChatterFix schedules for this PM. Every step is a checkable item on the work order — a technician can speak their way through it without touching a keyboard.

  1. Read the alarm panel and record which zones are normal
  2. Confirm the reserve header pressure is on the installed gauge
  3. Look at zone-valve labels and that the valves are in the position the site posted
  4. This does not authorize changing a medical gas source while patients are on it
  5. A failed alarm or an unlabeled valve is a finding, not a field change

Why This PM Exists

The medical gas manifold check reads the alarm panel and the reserve header pressure on the installed gauge. The technician writes the as-found reading and compares it with the last one on the asset. This does not authorize changing a medical gas source while patients are on it. Anything past that line belongs to the site's own procedure, the OEM manual, or a permit. This is the inspection ChatterFix schedules. It is not itself permission to go further.

What Skipping It Looks Like

A zone alarm chirps through a shift and the reserve header gets swapped because it was 'just a valve'. The round still closes, the number never lands on the asset, and the next person inherits a guess. This does not authorize changing a medical gas source while patients are on it.

Setting the interval

Monthly. A failed alarm or an unlabeled valve is a finding, not a field change. An as-found reading outside the limit the site already published is a finding. It does not become a new setpoint on this work order.

Equipment This Covers

Common Questions

How often should this PM run?
Monthly. Monthly. A failed alarm or an unlabeled valve is a finding, not a field change. An as-found reading outside the limit the site already published is a finding. It does not become a new setpoint on this work order.
How long does it take?
Budget about 1.0 hour for a technician working to the standard procedure. ChatterFix uses that estimate for capacity planning, then learns your plant's actual time from completed work orders.
What happens if we skip it?
A zone alarm chirps through a shift and the reserve header gets swapped because it was 'just a valve'. The round still closes, the number never lands on the asset, and the next person inherits a guess. This does not authorize changing a medical gas source while patients are on it.
Can I use this checklist in ChatterFix?
Yes — this exact procedure ships in the Healthcare & Hospital Facilities industry pack. Pick your industry at signup and it is scheduled on the right assets automatically, with no configuration.

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This procedure — and every other PM for your industry — is already built into ChatterFix. Pick your industry and it lands on the right equipment, on the right interval, in about three minutes.