The use of single-use devices in anaesthesia: Balancing the risks to patient safety

Anaesthesia

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 569-574

  Rowley, Emma ^a   Dingwall, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHETIC EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY CONTROL; RECYCLING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB SYNDROME; CROSS INFECTION; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; ENGLAND; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 34249048187     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2007.04995.x     Document Type: Article

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