According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, a gas cylinder that is color coded blue should contain which of the following?
a. Air
b. He
c. N2O
d. O2
ANS: C
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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