AORN Journal
Volume 87, Issue 4 , Pages 739-749, April 2008

Results of a Survey on Current Surgical Smoke Control Practices

  • Ben E. Edwards, MS, CLSO, RRPT

      Affiliations

    • Ben E. Edwards, MS, CLSO, RRPT, is a health physicist in the OESO-Radiation Safety Division at Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.
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  • Robert E. Reiman, MSPH, MD

      Affiliations

    • Robert E. Reiman, MSPH, MD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC.

ABSTRACT 

RESEARCHERS AT DUKE UNIVERSITY Medical Center, Durham, NC, conducted a simple, web-based survey of AORN members to evaluate surgical smoke control practices.

SURVEY RESPONDENTS from various medical specialties and facilities throughout North America indicated their facilities' level of compliance with established surgical smoke control measures.

SURVEY RESULTS INDICATE that many facilities have not implemented best practices for protecting patients and health care workers from surgical smoke hazards, especially smoke created during electrosurgical, electrocautery, and diathermy procedures. AORN J 87 (April 2008) 739-749. © AORN, Inc, 2008.

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PII: S0001-2092(07)00696-5

doi:10.1016/j.aorn.2007.11.001

AORN Journal
Volume 87, Issue 4 , Pages 739-749, April 2008

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