Health technology assessment on reprocessing single-use catheters for cardiac electrophysiology: Results of a three-years study

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1758-1761

  Tessarolo, F ^a   Disertori, M ^b   Caola, I ^b   Guarrera, G M ^b   Favaretti, C ^b   Nollo, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b Azienda Provinciale per i Servizi Sanitari   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLOGY; DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE; MICROBIOLOGY;

ECONOMIC ISSUES; HYGIENE;

ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CATHETERIZATION; DEVICE SAFETY; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; ECONOMICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEALTH; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; MATERIALS TESTING; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; RECYCLING;

BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION; CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CATHETERIZATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT REUSE; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HEALTH; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MATERIALS TESTING; STERILIZATION; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL;

EID: 57649183342     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4352651     Document Type: Conference Paper

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