Disease Transmission
High-Level Disinfection
Infection Prevention
Instrument Reprocessing
Joint Commission (JCAHO)
Laryngeal Airway Masks (LMAs)
Semicritical Devices
Reprocessing of Laryngoscope Mask Airway Devices (LMAs)
The importance of properly reprocessing laryngoscope blades (and handles) to the prevention of disease transmission cannot be overstated. Nor, too, can the proper reprocessing of other reusable, potentially contaminated “semi-critical”…