Assessment of a new sterile "EndoSheath" for flexible nasopharyngolaryngoscopes

Australian Journal of Otolaryngology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 260-262

  Williams, Brian J ^a  

^a NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTARALDEHYDE;

ARTICLE; DISINFECTION; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; ENDOSCOPE; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARYNGOSCOPY; NASOPHARYNX;

EID: 0029868604     PISSN: 10372105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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