title: Plastic wrap for US transducer sterility or sanitization.
abstract: Commercially available plastic wrap can be used to encase an ultrasound transducer for sanitization purposes. If sterility is required, an individual piece of plastic wrap can be gas sterilized before the transducer is covered with it. This technique does not degrade or temporally limit the use of the transducer, it is easy to perform, and the materials are readily available.
mesh_terms: D000162:Acoustics; D010969:Plastics; D011786:Quality Control; D013242:Sterilization; D014159:Transducers; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D010969:Plastics