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B
aptist Hospital in Miami, Fla., this year's winner of the
2019 OR Excellence Award for Employee Safety, is
well on its way to clearing the OR air of surgical
smoke thanks to the efforts of several nurses in train-
ing.
"A group of nursing residents conducted an evidence-based project
on how working in a smoke-free health system would protect our
staff," says Rachel Evers, MSN, RN, CNOR, Baptist Hospital's director
EMPLOYEE SAFETY
Banding Together to Breathe Easier
Nurses at Baptist Hospital took the lead in eliminating
surgical smoke from the ORs. Adam Taylor | Senior Associate Editor
• RESEARCH TEAM Nursing residents presented the health benefits of using smoke evacuators during plume-producing proce-
dures.
Rachel
Evers,
MSN,
RN,
CNOR
