Protein cross-contamination during batch cleaning and autoclaving of the ProSeal ™ laryngeal mask airway

Anaesthesia

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 431-433

  Richards, E ^a   Brimacombe, J ^a   Laupau, W ^a   Keller, C ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOCLAVE; BATCH PROCESS; CLEANING; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; HYPOTHESIS; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARYNGEAL MASK; ORAL SURGERY; RECYCLING; SCORING SYSTEM; STAINING;

CROSS INFECTION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; EQUIPMENT REUSE; ERYTHROSINE; HEAT; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL MASKS; PRION DISEASES; PROTEINS; STERILIZATION;

EID: 33645775030     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2006.04550.x     Document Type: Article

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