The effect of steam sterilisation at 134°C on light intensity provided by fibrelight Macintosh laryngoscopes

Anaesthesia

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 875-878

  Bucx, M J L ^a   Veldman, D J ^a   Beenhakker, M M ^a   Koster, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Equipment; laryngoscopes; Infection control; sterilisation, disinfection; Larynx; laryngoscopy

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; FIBER OPTICS; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; LARYNGOSCOPE; LIGHT; MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE; WATER VAPOR;

EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FIBER OPTICS; HUMANS; LARYNGOSCOPES; LARYNGOSCOPY; LIGHTING; STEAM; STERILIZATION;

EID: 0032834770     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.1999.00948.x     Document Type: Article

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