This publication provides guidance to help prevent and detect internal corrosion of compressed gas cylinders and tubes.

This is a guideline on these systems working in a home environment with high pressure oxygen and to provide advice to the manufacturers, designers, purchasers, homecare service providers, users (patients or care givers) and prescribers.

Directive 1999/92/EC, on minimum requirements for improving the safety and health protection of workers potentially at risk from explosive atmospheres, also known as ATEX 137, defines the minimum requirements to protect workers from potentially explosive atmospheres. This publication has been issued to facilitate and harmonise the interpretation and implementation among EIGA members of the required risk assessments and specifically the classification of areas where an explosive atmosphere can occur according to the directive and related standards.