Quality of Air in the Operating Room: Surgical Smoke-A Descriptive Study
Yıl: 2022 Cilt: 42 Sayı: 4 Sayfa Aralığı: 282 - 288 Metin Dili: İngilizce DOI: 10.5336/medsci.2022-90290 İndeks Tarihi: 26-05-2023
Quality of Air in the Operating Room: Surgical Smoke-A Descriptive Study
Öz: Objective: Electrosurgery is used in almost all surgeries. The entire surgical team working in these operating rooms is exposed to surgical smoke. In the literature, there is no study examining the di- rect effect of surgical smoke on operating room staff and involving the entire surgical team in sampling. This study aimed to examine the op- erating room air quality due to surgical smoke.Material and Methods: This descriptive study was conducted in August 2018 in the operating room of the department of general surgery of a university hospital. Air samples were taken from different parts of the operating room during surgery, and levels of volatile organic compounds in the breathing zone of the surgical team were measured. Results: Volatile organic com- pounds were not detected in the air samples taken during the surgery. The measured levels were well below the limits that could affect human health. Levels of some volatile organic compounds in the breathing zone of the surgical team were above the limit. Benzene levels in the breathing zone of the surgical resident, scrub nurse, circulating nurse and support staff were above the normal limit, and the chloroform level of the support staff was above the normal limit.Conclusion: Levels of some volatile organic compounds in the surgical smoke from the breathing zone of operating room health care professionals were above the normal limit. It is recommended to establish a protocol for protec- tion from surgical smoke in operating rooms and to take the necessary measures.
Anahtar Kelime: Ameliyathanenin Hava Kalitesi: Cerrahi Duman-Tanımlayıcı Bir Çalışma
Öz: Amaç: Elektrocerrahi neredeyse tüm ameliyatlarda kullanılmak- tadır. Bu ameliyathanelerde çalışan ekibin tamamı cerrahi dumana maruz kalmaktadır. Literatürde cerrahi dumanın ameliyathane personeli üzerine doğrudan etkisini inceleyen ve tüm cerrahi ekibi örneklemeye dâhil eden bir çalışmaya rastlanmamıştır. Bu çalışmada, cerrahi dumana bağlı ame- liyathane hava kalitesinin incelenmesi amaçlanm ıştır. Gereç ve Yön- temler: Tanımlayıcı tipteki bu çal ışma, 2018 y ılı Ağustos ayında bir üniversite hastanesinin genel cerrahi ana bilim dal ı ameliyathanesinde yapılmıştır. Ameliyat sırasında ameliyathanenin farklı yerlerinden hava örnekleri alındı ve ameliyathane ekibinin solunum alanı içinden alınan ör- neklerde uçucu organik bile şiklerin seviyeleri ölçülmü ştür. Bulgular: Ameliyat sırasında ameliyathanenin farkl ı yerlerinden alınan hava ör- neklerinde uçucu organik bileşiklere rastlanmamıştır. Ölçülen seviyeler, insan sağlığını etkileyebilecek sınırların oldukça altındaydı. Cerrahi eki- bin solunum bölgesindeki hava örneklerinde bazı uçucu organik bileşik- lerin seviyeleri sınır değerin üzerindeydi. Cerrahi asistanı, steril giyinen hemşire, dolaşıcı hemşire ve yardımcı personelin solunum bölgesindeki benzen seviyeleri normal de ğerlerin üzerindeydi ve yine yard ımcı per- sonelin kloroform seviyesi normal değerin üzerindeydi. Sonuç: Ameli- yathane çal ışanlarının solunum alan ındaki cerrahi duman içerisinde bulunan bazı uçucu organik bileşiklerin seviyeleri normal de ğerin üze- rindedir. Ameliyathanelerde cerrahi dumandan korunmaya yönelik pro- tokol oluşturulması ve gerekli önlemlerin alınması önerilmektedir.
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| Vancouver | Şahin Köze B,YAVUZ van GIERSBERGEN M,YENIAY L Quality of Air in the Operating Room: Surgical Smoke-A Descriptive Study. Türkiye Klinikleri Tıp Bilimleri Dergisi. 2022; 42(4): 282 - 288. 10.5336/medsci.2022-90290 |
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