Surgical smoke: a matter of hygiene, toxicology, and occupational health

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Kahramansoy, Nurettin [1 ,2 ]
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[1] Izmir Bozyaka Educ & Res Hosp, Dept Surg, Izmir, Turkiye
[2] Izmir Bozyaka Educ & Res Hosp, Dept Surg, TR-35170 Izmir, Turkiye
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GMS HYGIENE AND INFECTION CONTROL | 2024年 / 19卷
关键词
surgical smoke; diathermy; toxic exposure; pathogen transmission; occupational risk; prevention; control; OPERATING-ROOM; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; EXTRACTOR SYSTEMS; QUANTIFY EXPOSURE; THEATER; PARTICLES; HARMFUL; AIR; ELECTROCAUTERY;
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10.3205/dgkh000469
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R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
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1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要
The use of devices for tissue dissection and hemostasis during surgery is almost unavoidable. Electrically powered devices such as electrocautery, ultrasonic and laser units produce surgical smoke containing more than a thousand different products of combustion. These include large amounts of carcinogenic, mutagenic and potentially teratogenic noxae. The smoke contains particles that range widely in size, even as small as 0.007 pm. Most of the particles (90%) in electrocautery smoke are <= 6.27 pm in size, but surgical masks cannot filter particles smaller than 5 pm. In this situation, 95% of the smoke particles which pass through the mask reach deep into the respiratory tract and frequently cause various symptoms, such as headache, dizziness, nausea, eye and respirator y tract irritation, weakness, and abdominal pain in the acute period. The smoke can transport bacteria and viruses that are mostly between 0.02 pm and 3 pm in size and there isa risk of contamination. Among these viruses, SARS-CoV-2, influenza virus, HIV, HPV, HBV must be considered. The smoke may also carry malignant cells. The long-term effects of the surgical smoke are always ignored, because causality can hardly be clarified in individual cases. The quantity of the smoke changes with the technique of the surgeon, the room ventilation system, the characteristics of the power device used, the energy level at which it is set, and the characteristics of the tissue processed. The surgical team is highly exposed to the smoke, with the surgeon experiencing the highest exposure. However, the severity of exposure differs according to certain factors, e.g., ventilation by laminar or turbulent mixed airflow or smoke evacuation system. In any case, the surgical smoke must be removed from the operation area. The most effective method is to collect the smoke from the source through an aspiration system and to evacuate it outside. Awareness and legal regulations in terms of hygiene, toxicology, as well as occupational health and safety should increase.
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