The effect of mechanical cleaning and thermal disinfection on light intensity provided by fibrelight Macintosh laryngoscopes

Anaesthesia

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 461-465

  Bucx, M J L ^a   De Gast, H M ^b   Veldhuis, J ^a   Hassing, L H ^a   Meulemans, A ^a   Kammeyer, A ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b SLOTERVAART HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Decontamination; Disinfection; Equipment; Laryngoscopes; Sterilisation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLEANING; DISINFECTION; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; LARYNGOSCOPE; LIGHT INTENSITY; MEDICAL APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; PHOTOMETER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIOMETRY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

DISINFECTION; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HUMANS; LARYNGOSCOPES; LIGHTING; STEAM; STERILIZATION; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0038702157     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.2003.03124.x     Document Type: Article

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