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Archive > January, 2009 Vol. X, No. 1

Anesthesia Alert

Are Your Anesthesia Machines Safe?

Jay Horowitz, President

Besides the risks of fire and electrocution that all medical equipment poses, anesthesia machines carry an additional hazard: exposure to waste anesthetic gases. Here are four ways to protect your staff from gases that can leak into the air from the patient's breathing circuit during surgery.

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