Convection warmers - Not just hot air

Anaesthesia

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1073-1076

  Avidan, M S ^a   Jones, N ^b,c   Ing, R ^a   Khoosal, M ^b   Lundgren, C ^a   Morrell, D F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Equipment; temperature blankets; Hypothermia; Infection

Indexed keywords

AGAR;

AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; FILTER; HOSPITAL INFECTION; OPERATING ROOM; THERMODYNAMICS; TUBE; WARMING;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; CROSS INFECTION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HEATING; HYPOTHERMIA; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; OPERATING ROOMS; ULTRAFILTRATION;

EID: 0030660050     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1997.250-az0384.x     Document Type: Article

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