note that the average plume cre-
ated in a single day in the OR is
equivalent to smoking as many
as 30 unfiltered cigarettes.
Before my diagnosis, I had per-
formed more than 11,000 joint
replacement surgeries and spent
more than 30,000 hours in the
operating room. In other words,
I created a lot of Bovie smoke in
my time. And I was breathing
this same smoke that contains
these bad actors and toxins day
in and day out without any pro-
tection. The more I thought
about it, the more I became con-
vinced that this was the origin
of my deadly diagnosis.
I'm not the only one who is
noticing how surgical smoke
impacts the health of healthcare
workers. The National Institute
for Occupational Safety and
Health notes that "exposure to
surgical smoke can cause both
acute and chronic health effects,
ranging from emphysema, asth-
ma or chronic bronchitis."
Despite this, in the United States
there are no regulations requir-
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