Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-2008
Publication Title
Outpatient Surgery
Publisher
Herrin Publishing Partners, LP.
Keywords
Surgical Smoke, Occupational Safety, Nursing
Abstract
The hazards of surgical smoke are well documented. So why are many smoke evacuation systems going unused?
You can write all the surgical smoke evacuation policies in the world, spell out exactly what you expect to be done and provide the resources needed for compliance, but if you ignore the human element — the surgeons and staff who populate your ORs — then you aren't going to change behavior. Here's how you can educate your teams about the hazards of surgical smoke and get them to use evacuators when necessary.
First Page
1
Last Page
4
Volume
11
Issue
10
Repository Citation
Ball, Kay, "Toward a Smoke-free OR" (2008). Nursing Faculty Scholarship. 1.
https://digitalcommons.otterbein.edu/nurse_fac/1
Original Citation
Ball, Kay. "Toward a Smoke-free OR." Outpatient Surgery. October 2008 : 1-4. Web.
Version
Publisher's Version