Acta Med. 1998, 41: 91-93

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2019.171

How Long Can the Previously Assembled Cardiopulmonary Bypass Circuit Stay Sterile?

Vladimír Lonskýa, Barbora Voxováb, Jan Dominika, Jiří Manďáka, Jaroslav Kubíčeka, Jaroslava Bímováa, Dana Markováa, Pavla Matoulkováa

aDepartment of Cardiac Surgery, Charles University, Faculty of Medicine and Teaching Hospital, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
bDepartment of Clinical Microbiology, Charles University, Faculty of Medicine, Hradec Králové, Czech Republic

Received January 1, 1998
Accepted May 1, 1998

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