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Canadian Journal of Anesthesia, Vol 28, 481-483, Copyright © 1981 by Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society

A Hazard of Scavenger Port Design

RICHARD M. M. FLOWERDEW 1

1 Department of Anesthesiology, Maine Medical Center, Portland, Maine 04102, U.S.A.

This case report describes an inadvertent misconnection of the breathing and scavenging hoses on the anaesthesia machine which resulted in complete expiratory obstruction. The features which facilitate such a misconnection are described and modifications to reduce the likelihood of this event recurring are suggested.

Key Words: SCAVENGING, anaesthetic gases • EQUIPMENT, failure






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