Which Bioaerosol Capture Policy Will You Embrace?
August 17, 2023Including ISO standards in evacuation policies so that compliance of their staff will advance the goal of a smoke free operating room.
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Is the Price Too High?
January 17, 2022Is the price too high for effective protection of the health of your surgical team? If you answered No, then you are rightfully concerned.
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It’s time for the surgical smoke evacuation industry to come out of the ether!
December 28, 2021Can effective bioaerosol capture be considered an adjunctive method of infection control?
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Ineffective Compliance vs. Value-Based Outcomes
September 22, 2021The time to choose is now!
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“Surgical Bioaerosol Capture” Supplants the less Descriptive Term, “Surgical Smoke Evacuation”
November 3, 2020The 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.
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Time to Get Going
September 16, 2020Thanks to Covid-19, our focus has shifted from removal of surgical smoke to capturing as many bioaerosols as technology allows.
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Using the Principles of Surgical Smoke (Aerosol) Capture for Covid Control
July 22, 2020The principles of aerosol control learned in the hospital setting should work as well for the aircraft environment.
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I Am Not A Luddite but I Do Think Simpler Is Better
May 6, 2020A Simpler Solution for Increased Safety of the COVID-19 Caregiver
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Viral Aerosol Capture
April 24, 2020Nascent 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.
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Clinical Product Trial- a Vendor’s Perspective
July 29, 2019I’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 tubing, an ULPA filter and a smoke…