Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Surgical smoke poses serious health risks to OR staff and patients during procedures involving energy-generating devices or lasers.Although advocacy for smoke-free ORs and legislation is gaining momentum in developed countries, such efforts remain inconsistent across African health care systems.As a surgical smoke safety advocate in the United States and abroad, Johnson Ogundare, DNP, MPH, RN, CNOR, supports a multipronged strategy emphasizing increased government involvement, standardized training, and enforceable legislation to ensure the uniform application of surgical smoke safety measures across every continent.His strategies for targeted advocacy and empirical research can inform policy in any setting and strengthen broader efforts globally to mitigate the hazards of surgical smoke. AORN Journal: How did you become interested in the topic you will be presenting at the AORN Global Surgical Conference & Expo 2026?Ogundare: Surgical smoke safety shouldn't be a privilege reserved for those working in high-resource countries.
Source: AORN Journal
DOI: 10.1002/aorn.70020
Language: English
Subfield: Occupational Therapy
Field: Health Professions
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W7117309899
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