India Training Module: Operations and Management of Oxygen Equipment

One of the critical actions to improve health outcomes and save lives is to augment the public health system’s capacity to reliably deliver oxygen. The public health systems in India have historically relied on oxygen cylinders to meet the medical oxygen demand. As a result, there were very few trained personnel who understood the complexity of integration and maintenance of newly deployed oxygen systems and knew how to manage them. This training module was developed by PATH to provide training relevant to ITI trainers and biomedical engineers working at national, state, district, and health facilities to understand the operations and maintenance of oxygen or respiratory equipment.

Corporate author(s): PATH

Publication date: July 2022

Available materials

    1. Operations and Management of Oxygen Equipment: Trainer's Handbook 588.3 KB PDF
    2. Session 1: Operation and Maintenance of Oxygen Equipment 1.2 MB PPTX
    3. Participant Handout: Pre-training Assessment Form (1.3.1) 244.9 KB PDF
    4. Session 2: Basics of Oxygen Ecosystem 7.9 MB PPTX
    5. Session 3: Oxygen Cylinders 10.1 MB PPTX
    6. Participant Handout: Quiz on ISO Gas Colors (3.1.1) 172.1 KB PDF
    7. Participant Handout: Answers to Quiz on ISO Gas Colors (3.1.1) 186.9 KB PDF
    8. Participant Handout: Quiz on Oxygen Consumption, Capacity, and Cost (3.2.1) 144.1 KB PDF
    9. Participant Handout: Answers to Quiz on Oxygen Consumption, Capacity, and Cost (3.2.1) 155 KB PDF
    10. Session 4: Liquid Medical Oxygen 14 MB PPTX
    11. Participant Handout: Case Study Discussion on Oxygen Tank Leak in Hospital (4.1.1) 155 KB PDF
    12. Session 5: Pressure Swing Adsorption 15.1 MB PPTX
    13. Participant Handout: Quiz on PSA Oxygen Generation Plant Components (5.1.1) 244.5 KB PDF
    14. Participant Handout: Answers to Quiz on PSA Oxygen Generation Plant Components (5.1.1) 250.8 KB PDF
    15. Participant Handout: Case Study Discussion on Oxygen Tank Leak in Hospital (5.2.1) 228.7 KB PDF
    16. Participant Handout: Quiz on Oxygen Generation (5.3.1) 160.4 KB PDF
    17. Participant Handout: Answers to Quiz on Oxygen Generation (5.3.1) 163.3 KB PDF
    18. Session 6: Medical Gas Pipeline System 5.8 MB PPTX
    19. Participant Handout: Quiz on ISO Gas Colors (6.1.1) 175.5 KB PDF
    20. Participant Handout: Answers to Quiz on ISO Gas Colors (6.1.1) 180.5 KB PDF
    21. Session 7: Oxygen Concentrators 44.9 MB PPTX
    22. Session 8: Other Oxygen Equipment (Oxygen Therapy Devices, Ventilators and Pulse Oximetry) 10.1 MB PPTX
    23. Participant Handout: Quiz on Pulse Oximetry (8.2.1) 218.5 KB PDF
    24. Participant Handout: Answers to Quiz on Pulse Oximetry (8.2.1) 145.7 KB PDF
    25. Session 9: Medical Oxygen Handling and Safety 7.8 MB PPTX
    26. Participant Handout: Post-training Assessment Form (10.2.1) 245.3 KB PDF
    27. Participant Handout: Answers to Pre- and Post-training Assessments (1.3.1 and 10.2.1) 148.9 KB PDF