According to the National Institute of Standards and Technology of the U.S. Department of Commerce, a gas cylinder that is color-coded brown and green should contain which of the fol-lowing?
a. O2-N2 mixture
b. O2-CO2 mixture
c. CO2
d. O2-He mixture
ANS: D
Table 40-2 lists the color codes for medical gases as adopted by the Bureau of Standards of the U.S. Department of Commerce.
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