This document was approved and published when the U.S. TAG for TC 121 was held by ASTM, but it is now an AAMI standard. The original formatting has been maintained, so there are some variations from the typical AAMI style.

This part of ISO 10079 specifies safety and performance requirements for manually powered medical suction equipment intended for oro-pharyngeal suction. It covers equipment operated by foot or by hand or both (see Figure 1). Non-electrical suction equipment which may be integrated with electrical equipment is included in the scope of this part of ISO 10079.