Cultivating quality: Implementing surgical smoke evacuation in the operating room

American Journal of Nursing

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 54-58

  Waddell, Ashley W G ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED NURSING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; LUNG BURN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; UNITED STATES;

AEROSOLS; EVIDENCE-BASED NURSING; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OPERATING ROOM NURSING; OPERATING ROOMS; SMOKE INHALATION INJURY; UNITED STATES; VENTILATION;

EID: 74549219053     PISSN: 0002936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NAJ.0000366057.14229.6d     Document Type: Article

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