Start at the top
Typically, nurses, CRNAs, techs
and anesthesiologists are in the
OR more than surgeons, and
therefore are exposed to surgical
smoke more than anyone else.
And because those are the people
most affected, that's who has
been speaking up the loudest and
most frequently about the perils
of surgical smoke.
The International Council on
Surgical Plume (ICSP) is working
toward educating from the top
down — starting at the adminis-
trator level.
"Unfortunately, many times
when we speak to administra-
tion, they aren't even aware of
the (smoke) problem," says Dan
Palmerton, executive director of
the ICSP, a non-profit with a
mission to educate, advocate
and legislate in the area of surgi-
cal smoke. "They're not in the
operating room every day. And I
think there's a frustration even
on their part on how to go about
smoke evacuation."
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