Assessing breathing-system filters.
An assessment of 104 different breathing-system filters has been published by the United Kingdom's Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency. Filtration performance was measured by determining the penetration of sodium chloride particles. Wide variations in performance were found. This rapid, easy assessment technique could be used to test each filter during manufacture.
Department of Anaesthetics and Intensive Care Medicine, University of Wales College of Medicine, Cardiff, UK. wilkes@cf.ac.uk
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Wilkes
D000769:Anesthesia, Inhalation / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000592:standards; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control*; D018562:Disease Transmission, Infectious / Q000517:prevention & control; D004866:Equipment Contamination / Q000517:prevention & control; D004867:Equipment Design / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards*; D005062:European Union; D033161:Government Regulation; D006801:Humans; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000379:methods; D012134:Respiratory Protective Devices / Q000592:standards*; D014462:Ultrafiltration / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000592:standards*; D006113:United Kingdom; D012122:Ventilators, Mechanical / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000592:standards*