Journal of Health Sciences & Surveillance System

Electrosurgery Smoke: A Serious Threat to the Health of Surgical Team Members in Iran

Document Type : Letter to Editor

Authors

Esmaeil Teymoori 1
Salman Barasteh 2, 3
Armin Fereidouni 4, 5

1 Department of Operating Room Technology, Faculty of Paramedical Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

2 Health management research center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

3 Faculty of Nursing, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

4 Department of Operating Room Technology, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

5 Trauma Research Center, Shahid Rajaee (Emtiaz) Trauma Hospital, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran

https://doi.org/10.30476/jhsss.2021.92034.1293
Abstract
This article has no abstract.

Keywords

Electrosurgery smoke
Operating room
Surgical smoke
Nurse
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Journal of Health Sciences & Surveillance System
Volume 10, Issue 4
October 2022
Pages 520-521

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