Supplementary cleaning does not remove protein deposits from re-usable laryngeal mask devices

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 254-257

  Brimacombe, Joseph ^a   Stone, Tisha ^a   Keller, Christian ^b  

^a CAIRNS BASE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISINFECTANT AGENT; PROTEIN;

ANESTHETIC EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOCLAVE; CLEANING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HAND WASHING; HYPOTHESIS; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; LARYNGEAL MASK; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WATER IMMERSION; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; PRION DISEASE; STAINING;

CROSS INFECTION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL MASKS; PRION DISEASES; PROTEINS; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 3042620345     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03019106     Document Type: Article

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