Question

The safety and reliability of oxygen and anesthetic gas delivery are principal concerns and of critical importance to safe medical practice. Which machine improvement is not a required safety component of the anesthesia machine?

A) Agent-specific vaporizers.
B) Electronic checkout.
C) Oxygen analyzers.
D) Oxygen failure safety valves.
E) All of the above are essential for safe anesthesia machine operation.

Answer 1

Electronic checkout is not a required safety component of the anesthesia machine; it is a procedure rather than a built-in safety device.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question revolves around the identification of components that are not considered a required safety feature in the operation of an anesthesia machine. While agent-specific vaporizers, oxygen analyzers, and oxygen failure safety valves are integral for the reliability and safe delivery of anesthetic and oxygen gases, Electronic checkout is not a required safety component. Electronic checkout is a procedure used to confirm the proper function of an anesthesia machine before use but is not a built-in safety device like the others.