Proper Handling of Dirty Linen

The stench of tobacco industry dirty linen.

This issue of Tobacco Control contains four papers reporting revelations found in the 26 million page “haystack” of tobacco industry internal documents open to researchers and the public on the world wide web. Anne Landman, who since August 1999 has daily posted document gems on the Smokescreen website, summarises evidence on how the tobacco industry intimidates and retaliates against companies...

Handling “dirty Bomb”-scenarios with the Lagrangian Particle Model Lasair

An existing systems programme (LASAT) based on Lagrangian Particle Simulation has been adjusted to meet requirements of emergency authorities. The new model (LASAIR, Lagrangian Simulation of the Dispersion and Inhalation of Radionuclides) is able to simulate an explosion of an RDD (Radiological Dispersion Device) with additional radioactive material and computes the transport in the planetary b...

On the proper sterile technique for handling of propofol.

To the Editor: I read with interest the report by Lorenz et al. regarding the proper handling of propofol.1 The authors compared two methods of dispensing this medication, either employing a technique of apparently high sterility or what they term a routine method. The result was that no difference in the contamination rate was found. However, a high rate of contamination was reported in both g...

Proper care and handling of the flexible endoscope.

Whither hospital linen? Two centre observational study of alien hospital linen.

An efficient linen service is a priority for any institutional healthcare system. Many sheets and pillowcases disappear, and pilfering has been considered as one explanation. In an effort to designate ownership and presumably to prevent theft, some units have stamped their laundry with an identifiable trust logo. We noticed that some hospital linen bore logos signifying a distant origin, and we...