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Tissue Effects Change as You Modify the Waveform
Electrosurgical Tissue Effects
Grounded Electrosurgical Systems
Isolated Electrosurgical Systems
Patient Return Electrode Monitoring Technology
Electrosurgery Safety Concerns During MIS
Capacitive Coupling During Endoscopy
Recommendations to Avoid Electrosurgical Patient Complications in MIS
Spectral Content of Surgical Smoke
Surgical Smoke
AORN Recommended Practices for Electrosurgery
The Association of Operating Room Nurses revised the Recommended Practices for Electrosurgery in the 1994 AORN Standards and Recommended Practices for Perioperative Nursing. They included a recommendation for evacuation of all surgical smoke at that time and updated this recommendation in 1998.
“The smoke plume generated from electrosurgery contains chemical by-products. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration recommends that smoke evacuation systems be used to reduce potential acute and chronic health risks to patients and personnel.”
AORN Recommended Practices for Electrosurgery 2003