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Disposable Suction Canisters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 March 2016

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The purpose of suctioning is to remove unwanted materials from a body cavity. Th e waste material is mixed with air in the suctioning tubing and drawn into a collection receptacle (canister). After the liquid and air enter the canister, the liquid drops into the canister and the air is discarded into the vacuum system. The vacuum system may be a central or a portable system.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 5 , Issue 5 , May 1984 , pp. 235 - 236
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 1984

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References

1.Wireman, JW, Neblett, TR, Rossmoore, LA, et al: Medical suction collectors: Potential nosocomial hazards due to hand contamination during canister disposal. Abstract #L18, in Abstracts of the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology. Washington, DC, American Society for Microbiology, 1983.Google Scholar
2.Mosenkis, R, Evaluation—Suction canisters. Health Devices, April 1983, pp 127–149.Google Scholar