Thinking outside the (acrylic) box: a framework for the local use of custom-made medical devices

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anaesthesia, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK.
² Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.
³ Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
⁴ Department of Anaesthesia and Peri-operative Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.

Editorial

M C Turner et al. Anaesthesia. 2020 Dec.

. 2020 Dec;75(12):1566-1569.

doi: 10.1111/anae.15152. Epub 2020 Jun 15.

¹ Department of Anaesthesia, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK.
² Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.
³ Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
⁴ Department of Anaesthesia and Peri-operative Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; costs: labour vs. materials; practice standards: definition; tracheal intubation.

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