Do you clean or contaminate your bronchoscope?

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 63-67

  Harvey, J ^a   Yates, M ^a  

^a SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRONCHOSCOPY; CLEANING; CONTAMINATION; DISINFECTION; EDITORIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030000456     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0954-6111(96)90200-0     Document Type: Editorial

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