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rom collateral tissue damage and insulation failure to
grounding burns and OR fires, a lot can go wrong with
electrosurgery. And here's the thing. Your surgeons
might not even be aware of the dangers of using high-
frequency electrical current to cut and coagulate tissue,
let alone the principles of safe electrosurgery. A good place to start?
Put these 10 tips into practice today.
10 Tips for Safer Electrosurgery
Use these guidelines to keep both patients and staff safe.
Jaisa Olasky, MD, FACS | Cambridge, Mass.
• DANGEROUS DEFECT Insulation failures aren't always this easy to see. And the smaller they are, the more tissue
damage they can cause.
Jaisa
Olasky,
MD,
FACS