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disposable surgical mask [1 record]

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Record 1 2008-08-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgical Instruments
OBS

Surgeons and nurses performing clean surgery wear disposable face masks to prevent them breathing germs into the patients' wound.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments chirurgicaux
CONT

Un masque chirurgical à usage unique est recommandé pour se protéger contre les projections provoquées par l'instrumentation dynamique.

OBS

Le terme anglais «disposable» a comme équivalents français «jetable» et «à usage unique». Ces termes français ne sont cependant pas synonymes. En effet, un objet jetable, bien que destiné à être remplacé, servira généralement plus d'une fois, et n'est donc pas, en ce sens, «à usage unique».

Spanish

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