Decontamination of laryngoscopes in The Netherlands
In this study the decontamination procedures of laryngoscopes in Dutch hospitals are described, based on a structured telephone questionnaire. There were substantial differences between decontamination procedures in Dutch hospitals and the standards of the APIC (Association of Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology), CDC (Centers of Disease Control) and ASA (American Society of Anesthesiology) were met in full in 19.4% of the hospitals. The standards of manual decontamination, used in 78% of the 139 hospitals, were particularly disappointing; manual cleaning was considered inadequ... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | TEXT |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2001 |
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Oxford University Press
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Schlagwörter: | Articles |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26806357 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://bja.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/86/1/99 |