During electrosurgery, nine patients were burned at the sites of electrocardioscope electrodes. Causes were: 1) broken patient-plate ground wires detectable only by conductivity measurements; 2) defective silicon-controlled rectifiers in the sentry modules; 3) a design fault apparent only when the f
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Becker et al. (1973) studied this question.