Checking anaesthetic equipment and the expert group on blocked anaesthetic tubing (EGBAT)

Anaesthesia

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 105-107

  Carter, John A ^a  

^a Safety Committee AAGBI   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIST; ANESTHETIC EQUIPMENT; CAPNOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; FATALITY; GAS FLOW; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; LARYNGOSCOPE; MONITORING; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY;

ACCIDENTS; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CRIME; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; EQUIPMENT REUSE; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0442294221     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2004.03617.x     Document Type: Editorial

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