Contamination of anaesthetic machines with pathogenic organisms

Anaesthesia

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1257-1261

  Baillie, J K ^a   Sultan, P ^b   Graveling, E ^c   Forrest, C ^c   Lafong, C ^c  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Fife Area Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTAMINATION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; ORGANISM; POLICY;

ANESTHESIA, INHALATION; BACTERIA; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DETERGENTS; DISINFECTION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL;

EID: 35848942812     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2007.05261.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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