Is it safe to use preprepared endotracheal tubes in the resuscitation room?

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 283-284

  Bleetman, Anthony ^a,b   Ashwood, Neil ^a  

^a CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emergency intubation; Nosocomial infection; Pneumonia; Resuscitation room

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EQUIPMENT; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; RESUSCITATION; SAFETY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; RESUSCITATION;

EID: 0030055787     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.13.4.283     Document Type: Article

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