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Title

Toward a Smoke-free OR

Authors

Kay Ball, Otterbein UniversityFollow

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