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2008 Recommendations for Pre-Anesthesia Checkout Procedures. 
ASA Committee on Equipment and Facilities. Park Ridge, IL: American Society of Anesthesiologists; 2008. 

These guidelines explain how to examine equipment prior to administering anesthesia; the protocol includes checklists that can be used for specific equipment systems.
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