Surgical smoke creates a hazardous operating room for staff members and patients, as breathing in smoke presents serious health effects. Ninety-five percent water vapor, surgical smoke also contains a ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Some South Carolina medical professionals are advocating a ban on the use of a device that create surgical smoke in operating rooms. Surgical smoke is a common chemical ...

The following article was originally published in Preventing Infection in Ambulatory Care, the quarterly e-publication from the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology ...

When considering the risks of surgery, we think of the dangers that the patient faces. However, there are risks to the surgeon as well. And not just the psychological stress of being in control of ...

BOSTON (SHNS) – Dozens of nurses looking to protect themselves from surgical smoke that can cause respiratory illnesses like asthma and emphysema gathered on Beacon Hill Tuesday to promote legislation ...

The toolkit includes a smoke evacuation policy and procedure, surgical smoke management slideshow, awareness posters and other resources to help healthcare providers manage surgical smoke in the ...

As an operating room registered nurse and Millersville University Wehrheim School of Nursing student, I am exposed to numerous health risks and hazards at any given time. An issue facing the nursing ...

As Drs. Jorge Lagares-Garcia and Anna Matrachisia bent over the open abdomen of the patient on the operating table, the tone of the electrical cauterizing device sounded and the room filled with an ...

After getting approved last year in the House but dying in the Senate, a proposal aimed at limiting exposure to smoke during surgical procedures has re-emerged for the 2025 legislative session. Rep.

Smoke from surgical tools can pose serious health risks for clinicians in the operating room. 1. Surgical tools that cauterize or vaporize tissue can generate smoke that moves up to 40 miles an hour ...