Wall oxygen vs cannister

[racergirl203]

We are designing a new Cancer Center and are at the point where we decide what is in each infusion bay of our outpatient infusion area. The infusion nurses want (and I agree) wall oxygen at every chair. What is everyone's feeling on having the oxygen available on the wall by the chair vs getting an O2 cannister?

[canned_bread]

In an emergency situation, a canister is more likely to fail than a wall supply. Furthermore, wall supply in the long run would be cheaper (I would think?). But safety would be the best thing - the wall supply makes sense.

At our centre we have at each chair bay o2 and suction on wall, as well as a basket attached to the wall that contains the hudson mask and a few bits and bobs for emergencies, and non-emergencies (like tape).