Surgical Smoke in the O.R.

17 Aug Which Bioaerosol Capture Policy Will You Embrace?

Posted at 15:33h in Surgical Smoke in the O.R.

Including ISO standards in evacuation policies so that compliance of their staff will advance the goal of a smoke free operating room....

17 Jan Is the Price Too High?

Posted at 16:26h in Surgical Smoke in the O.R.

Is the price too high for effective protection of the health of your surgical team? If you answered No, then you are rightfully concerned. ...

28 Dec It’s time for the surgical smoke evacuation industry to come out of the ether!

Posted at 16:36h in Surgical Smoke in the O.R.

Can effective bioaerosol capture be considered an adjunctive method of infection control?...

22 Sep Ineffective Compliance vs. Value-Based Outcomes

Posted at 20:00h in Surgical Smoke in the O.R.

The time to choose is now!...

03 Nov “Surgical Bioaerosol Capture” Supplants the less Descriptive Term, “Surgical Smoke Evacuation”

Posted at 21:50h in Surgical Smoke in the O.R.

The phrase, “smoke evacuation” is DEAD! It died when the coronavirus arrived. As elective surgery was pushed aside to prepare for increased medical hospital admissions, epidemiologists were questioning the pathogenicity of bioaerosols....

16 Sep Time to Get Going

Posted at 20:13h in Surgical Smoke in the O.R.

Thanks to Covid-19, our focus has shifted from removal of surgical smoke to capturing as many bioaerosols as technology allows. ...

22 Jul Using the Principles of Surgical Smoke (Aerosol) Capture for Covid Control

Posted at 15:24h in Surgical Smoke in the O.R.

The principles of aerosol control learned in the hospital setting should work as well for the aircraft environment....

06 May I Am Not A Luddite but I Do Think Simpler Is Better

Posted at 18:32h in Surgical Smoke in the O.R.

A Simpler Solution for Increased Safety of the COVID-19 Caregiver...

24 Apr Viral Aerosol Capture

Posted at 21:39h in Surgical Smoke in the O.R.

Nascent Surgical has expanded the usefulness of its highly effective aerosol capture device which is currently used to remove surgical plume. The alternative use is for protection of the healthcare worker that cares for the hospitalized, isolated COVID-19 patient....

29 Jul Clinical Product Trial- a Vendor’s Perspective

Posted at 21:03h in Surgical Smoke in the O.R.

I’ve recently been involved in a number of clinical trials of our “miniSquair® surgical smoke and bioaerosol capture device. It is a component of a smoke evacuation “system” which consists of the smoke capture device (the ESU “pencil” or the miniSquair®), a length of flexible...