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SCREEN, SURGICAL, OPERATING TABLE. A STERILE PARTITION, CONSISTING OF
TRANSPARENT PANELS, AND FOLDS TO A COMPACT SIZE FOR GAS STERILIZATION
AND MAY ALSO INCLUDE AN INSTRUMENT PAN. ITEM ATTACHES TO THE ETHER
SCREEN AT THE HEAD OF ANY OPERATING TABLE BY MEANS OF SAFETY CLAMPS. IT
IS AN INVISIBLE STERILE BARRIER PROTECTING THE PATIENT FROM DANGER OF
INFECTION. FROM THE ANESTHESIOLOGIST'S POINT OF VIEW, THE SCREEN
ISOLATES HIM ASEPTICALLY FROM THE FIELD AND RELIEVES HIM OF THE PROBLEM
OF TOUCH CONTAMINATION.
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