title: Time to dispose of nondisposable LMAs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care; James Cook University; Cairns Base Hospital; Cairns, Australia; jbrimaco@bigpond.net.au (Brimacombe, Laupu) Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine; Leopold-Franzens University; Innsbruck, Austria (Keller).
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Brimacombe
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Laupu
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Keller
mesh_terms: D004209:Disposable Equipment; D004866:Equipment Contamination; D017743:Equipment Reuse; D006801:Humans; D017214:Laryngeal Masks; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care
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