Surgical Smoke Safety
Publication Date: December 15, 2018
Key takeaways
- The health care organization should provide a surgical smoke-free work environment.
- The perioperative team should evacuate all surgical smoke.
- Perioperative team members should receive initial and ongoing education and competency verification on surgical smoke safety.
- Policies and procedures for surgical smoke safety should be developed, reviewed periodically, and revised as necessary.
- Perioperative personnel should participate in quality assurance and performance improvement activities to improve compliance with surgical smoke evacuation.
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Overview
Title
Surgical Smoke Safety
Authoring Organization
Association of periOperative Registered Nurses
Publication Month/Year
December 15, 2018
Document Type
Guideline
External Publication Status
Published
Country of Publication
US
Inclusion Criteria
Female, Male, Adolescent, Adult, Child, Infant, Older adult
Health Care Settings
Operating and recovery room
Intended Users
Surgical technologist, nurse, medical techologist technician, nurse practitioner, physician, physician assistant
Scope
Management
Diseases/Conditions (MeSH)
D012906 - Smoke
Keywords
smoke, surgical safety