title: A comprehensive guide to buying a spirometer.
abstract: A guide to spirometers aimed at improving the knowledge of nurses looking to buy a spirometer for the first time or to replace existing equipment and giving details of some of the latest models available.
authors.affiliation: Respiratory Education Training Centre, University Hospital Aintree, Liverpool. Denise1Gibbons@aol.com
authors.forename: Denise
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gibbons
mesh_terms: D002138:Calibration; D002755:Choice Behavior; D004866:Equipment Contamination / Q000517:prevention & control; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000379:methods; D011786:Quality Control; D013147:Spirometry / Q000145:classification / Q000191:economics / Q000295:instrumentation*