Table 2 An inventory list of all water containing medical equipment and their corresponding search strings
Water containing medical equipment | Key words | Number of hits on PubMed |
|---|---|---|
Heater-cooler unit | (Heater-cooler OR heater-cooler units OR heater-cooler devices) AND (mycobacterium OR chimaera) Previous search string was not combined with the key words for the heater-cooler unit | 72 |
Fluid warmer | Fluid warmer OR blood warmer OR warming device AND hypothermia | 0 |
Blanketrol | Hypothermia AND Blanket OR blanketrol OR roll OR heat roll | 0 |
Reverse Osmosis/hemodialysis | Reverse osmosis OR hemodialysis OR hemodialysis OR dialysis water OR dialysis OR dialysate OR dialysis fluid | 24 |
Scalp cooling | Chemotherapy OR chemo AND scalp cooling OR cold caps OR cold membrane | 0 |
Incubators | NICU OR neonate OR neonatal unit OR incubator | 56 |
Nebulizers | Nebulizers and vaporizers OR nebulizer* | 1 |
Water traps | Water trap OR ventilator trap OR ventilation circuit OR ventilator OR condensate OR humidifier trap | 13 |
Dental units | Dental unit OR dental stand-alone OR dental water OR dental unit waterline | 45 |
Thermic stimulator | Neuro sensory OR sensory analyser OR sensory analyser or thermic stimulator | 0 |
Water baths | Water baths OR water-baths OR thawing baths AND transfusion OR cryoprecipitate OR thawing OR frozen | 1 |