Exposure of hospital personnel to sevoflurane;Exposition des personals gegenüber sevofluran. Ergebnisse orts- und personenbezogener messungen nach abschalten der zentralen lachgasversorgung im klinikum der Universität Regensburg

Anaesthesist

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 667-672

  Schiewe Langgartner, F ^a,c   Wiesner, G ^b   Gruber, M ^a   Hobbhahn, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Occupational exposure; Sevoflurane; Staff exposure; Trace concentrations; Volatile anaesthetics

Indexed keywords

INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; SEVOFLURANE;

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; BREATHING; DIFFUSION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFRARED SPECTROMETRY; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; GERMANY; HUMANS; METHYL ETHERS; NITROUS OXIDE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 23844450579     PISSN: 00032417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00101-005-0813-6     Document Type: Article

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