Time to dispose of nondisposable LMAs [2] (multiple letters)

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 896-897

  Walsh, Edward M ^a   Brimacombe, J ^b   Laupu, W ^b   Keller, C ^c  

^a SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERMANGANATE POTASSIUM; PRION PROTEIN;

ANESTHESIST; ANESTHETIC EQUIPMENT; BIOFILM; CLEANING; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DEVICE INFECTION; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFECTION RISK; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; LARYNGEAL MASK; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; STAINING; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 14544289557     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000146648.72928.9F     Document Type: Letter

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