Attached is a good list of surgical smoke resources
AND
Updated link……
LINA-Making Things Clear About Surgical Smoke-
http://www.kebomed.co.uk/files/9/making_things_clear_uk.pdf
Hope you find this evidence package helpful!
Debra A Novak PhD, RN
Senior Service Fellow
National Personal Protective Technology Lab (NPPTL)
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
626 Cochrans Mill Road
Pittsburgh, PA 15236
Email: ian5@cdc.gov
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We use N95s. Hasn’t posed any problems really, they use this instead of surgical mask. Obviously it’s not the N-95 with exhalation valve, though you could use that under a surgical mask.
Melanie Swift, MD
Director, Vanderbilt Occupational Health Clinic
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Cross-posting to MCOH and OEM-L.
There was a helpful slide pack from CDC/NCZID from 2013 addressing prevention of potential transmission of HPV during surgical procedures that generate smoke
http://c.ymcdn.com/sites/www.cste.org/resource/dynamic/forums/20131112_151658_22377.pdf
Guidance was to consider N95. I’m in search of anything additional that may have come out over the last 3 years. Any help appreciated.
Wonder what the feasibility is of that, depending upon whether the mask would interfere with the surgeon’s using an operating scope, and what your institutions are doing.
Thanks
Ed Galaid
Edward I. Galaid, MD, MPH
ABIM, ABPM
Medical Director, Occupational Health Partners
Roper St. Francis Healthcare Charleston, SC
Member, ACOEM Task Group on Medical Guidance for Law Enforcement Officers
Member, NFPA 1582 Writing Group - NFPA Technical Committee on Fire Fighter Safety and Health
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