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Protecting the breathing circuit in anaesthesia - Report to the Chief Medical Officer of an Expert Group on blocked anaesthetic tubing

  • Document type:
    Publication
  • Author:
    Department of Health
  • Published date:
    10 May 2004
  • Primary audience:
    Professionals
  • Gateway reference:
    2828
  • Pages:
    68
  • Copyright holder:
    Crown

Report of an Expert Group set up by the Chief Medical Officer to look at the issues raised following the police investigation 'Operation Orcadian' into incidents involving blocked anaesthetic tubing.

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