When surgical units have a higher proportion of nurses with certain certifications, the rate of central line-associated bloodstream infections in surgical patients decreases, according to a study in ...

Despite the risks associated with surgical smoke, evacuation devices have yet to be implemented in most operating rooms. A survey conducted by Stryker Instruments sought to quantify the level of OR ...

ATLANTA — Some Georgia nurses say the operating rooms they work in every day are making them sick. They say the surgical smoke in the air they breathe in those ORs is full of harmful chemicals and ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. FARMINGTON — Two Franklin Memorial Hospital nurses, Sandra Howe and Kelly ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Some South Carolina medical professionals are advocating a ban on the use of a device that create surgical smoke in operating rooms. Surgical smoke is a common chemical ...

BOSTON (SHNS) – Dozens of nurses looking to protect themselves from surgical smoke that can cause respiratory illnesses like asthma and emphysema gathered on Beacon Hill Tuesday to promote legislation ...