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Safety Inspection

Medical Gas Source Hold

Medical gas source hold is the pass through open work orders that keeps a maintenance ticket from reading like a source change. The technician writes the as-found reading and compares it with the last one on the asset. Changing a source, a zone valve, or an alarm setpoint while patients are on the system stops here. 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. Sample open work orders on medical gas and vacuum equipment
  2. Confirm none of them change a source, a zone valve, or an alarm setpoint while patients are on the system
  3. Confirm a clinical procedure exists for any source change, separate from maintenance
  4. Check alarm-panel labels match the zones in the field
  5. Stop a work order that reads like permission to switch a gas source

Why This PM Exists

Medical gas source hold is the pass through open work orders that keeps a maintenance ticket from reading like a source change. The technician writes the as-found reading and compares it with the last one on the asset. Changing a source, a zone valve, or an alarm setpoint while patients are on the system stops here. 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

The clinical procedure for a source change exists, and the work order never mentions it. The round still closes, the number never lands on the asset, and the next person inherits a guess. Changing a source, a zone valve, or an alarm setpoint while patients are on the system stops here.

Setting the interval

Monthly. A job that reads like permission to switch a gas source is sent back. 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 job that reads like permission to switch a gas source is sent back. 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?
The clinical procedure for a source change exists, and the work order never mentions it. The round still closes, the number never lands on the asset, and the next person inherits a guess. Changing a source, a zone valve, or an alarm setpoint while patients are on the system stops here.
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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