Journal of Anesthesia

, Volume 22, Issue 2, pp 193–194 | Cite as

Avoiding failure in the checkout of anesthesia apparatus prior to use

  • Takashi Imaizumi
  • Toshiyuki Yano
Letter to the Editor
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Keywords

Breathing Circuit Anesthesia Machine Test Lung Accessory Equipment Anesthesia Breathing 
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References

  1. 1.
    Japanese Society of Anesthesiologists. Checkout procedures of anesthesia apparatus (in Japanese). 2003. http://www.anesth.or.jp/dbps_data/_material_/localhost/safety/pdf/guideline_checkout.pdf
  2. 2.
    Brockwell RC, Andrews JJ. Inhaled anesthetic delivery systems. In: Miller RD, editor. Miller’s anesthesia, 6th edn. Philadelphia: Churchill Livingstone; 2005. p. 315–316.Google Scholar
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    Feldman J. Efforts under way to revise the preuse checkout recommendations. Am Soc Anesthesiol Newsl. 2005;69:10.Google Scholar

Copyright information

© Japanese Society of Anesthesiologists 2008

Authors and Affiliations

  • Takashi Imaizumi
    • 1
  • Toshiyuki Yano
    • 1
  1. 1.Division of AnesthesiaKumamoto Kinoh HospitalKumamotoJapan

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