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T
he hazards of surgical plume are
well known, and have been for a
while. So are the benefits of using
smoke evacuation devices and
safety experts' recommendations
to do so. But at one Michigan hospital, the
Staff Safety
An effort to increase smoke evacuation
helped this facility's staff protect itself.
l CLEARING THE AIR
Terri Foster, BSN, RN,
CNOR (right), shows
a scrub tech how to
use the smoke evac-
uator.
Allegiance
Health
"The initial barriers
included the bulkiness
of the tool and the loud-
ness of the machine in
operation."
S p o n s o r e d b y
