Air Pollution in the Operating Room: A Call to Embrace Smoke Evacuators

Ann Surg. 2024 Jul 1;280(1):23-25. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000006260. Epub 2024 Mar 12.

Authors

Wendelyn M Oslock^{1

2}, Jenna G Alkhatib³, Leo Nkengbeza³, Ruzmyn Vilcassim⁴, Melanie S Morris^{1

2}, Daniel I Chu¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, University of Alabama Birmingham, Birmingham, AL.
² Department of Quality, Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham, AL.
³ Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Alabama Birmingham, Birmingham, AL.
⁴ Department of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Alabama Birmingham, Birmingham, AL.

PMID: 38469702
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000006260

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Air Pollution / adverse effects
Air Pollution, Indoor / adverse effects
Humans
Occupational Exposure / adverse effects
Occupational Exposure / prevention & control
Operating Rooms*
Smoke / adverse effects

Substances

Smoke