Recycling plastics from the operating suite

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 913-914

  McGain, F ^a   Clark, M ^a   Williams, T ^a   Wardlaw, T ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMER; PLASTIC; POLYETHYLENE; POLYPROPYLENE; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE;

HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL WASTE; INFECTION CONTROL; LETTER; OPERATING ROOM; RECYCLING; WASTE DISPOSAL;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; MEDICAL WASTE; OPERATING ROOMS; PLASTICS;

EID: 56649103596     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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