Reducing the Danger of Surgical Smoke Exposure to Health Care Workers: Education is Key in Encouraging Organizations to Adopt Safety Guidelines

Source: Environment of Care News, Volume 10, Number 9, September 2007 , pp. 4-6(3)

Publisher: Joint Commission Resources

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Abstract:

Health care workers are exposed to dangerous surgical smoke every day. At high concentrations the smoke causes ocular and upper respiratory tract irritation and can create visual problems for the surgeon, yet broad adoptions of laser safety guidelines and smoke evacuation systems have yet to take hold. This article discusses ways to educate personnel to promote surgical smoke exposure awareness and ways to promote change towards better surgical smoke safety at your organization.

Document Type: Research article

Publication date: 2007-09-01

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