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Gas Scavengers

Medical Definition: Apparatus for removing exhaled or leaked anesthetic gases or other volatile agents, thus reducing the exposure of operating room personnel to such agents, as well as preventing the buildup of potentially explosive mixtures in operating rooms or laboratories.
Guide Notes: note category & cross refs or read MeSH definition
Also Called: Anesthetic Gas Scavengers
Previously Indexed: Air Pollutants (1972-1983),Air Pollutants, Occupational (1975-1989),Anesthesia, Inhalation (1972-1989),Operating Rooms (1977-1989)

Gas Scavengers Medical Definitions and Terms

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