Thanks, Mark. I had only looked at the updated 5.1.3.3.2 permitted locations

Thanks, Cary. I had missed that in the annex. That’s helpful to have something to show in writing in the guidebook.

Jonathan, There is intended to be a new clause specific for vacuum which is the analogue of the patient gases clause (still to be voted of course).

It would read:

5.1.3.5.2.1

Central supply systems for medical surgical vacuum shall be piped only to vacuum Inlets complying with 5.1.5 and Into areas where the vacuum will be used for…

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Hi Jonathan,

I think you have hit the nail on the head with your references. The other one I like to point to comes from the annex and address one of your problem areas directly. While the annex is not part of the code and is meant to be explanatory, I normally caution people against doing the opposite of an annex recommendation because an AHJ…

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