healthier, smoke-free environment.
"If administrative directors try to fly solo on smoke evacuation, they
will face an uphill battle," says Ms. Dennis. "This needs to be
approached from an interdisciplinary and administrative perspective.
Go to the safety committee. They care about ergonomics. They care
about sharps. Smoke evacuators are no different, because surgical
smoke is an occupational hazard."
Ms. Dennis knows that creating a smoke-free environment begins
with getting support from a facility's leadership circle. From there,
you must create a formal action plan, educate (and re-educate) staff
and continually monitor for compliance.
She uses the following story regarding the resistance you might
encounter along the way: "We had one outlier, a surgeon who said,
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