The on site production of medical gases is a well-established practice for healthcare facilities around the world. In fact, the vast majority of hospitals produce one or more of the three gases needed to attend their patients – vacuum, medical air and medical oxygen – via this route.
But if the benefits of producing medical air and vacuum are no longer in question, on-site production of medicinal oxygen encounters many more obstacles from the established providers to protect their commercial activities with, often, biased arguments.
That’s the view of MEDIGHAM® (the Medical Gas Generators for Hospitals, International Association of Manufacturers), a not-for-profit international association of companies that design and manufacture the generators or components required for on-site medical gas production.
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