Effect of Surgical Smoke on Air Quality

Abant Izzet Baysal University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Air Quality; Volatile Organic Compounds; Occupational Health

Treatments: Other: exposure to surgical smoke during surgery

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04856995

AIBU-SBF-GES-02

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study; It was planned to (1) determine the effect of surgical smoke on indoor air quality and (2) examine its effect on physical symptoms and throat culture results in operating room employees and compare it with those working in internal units.

Full description

Background:This study is a experimental study. The aim of this study is; to determine the effect of surgical smoke containing toxic chemicals on indoor air quality and to examine the physical symptoms of employees in the operating room.

Method:It was carried out in general surgery operating room between June 2020 and July 2020 In the study, 45 air samples were taken from the with active sampling method before, during and after surgery. Physical complaints of 19 people working in the operating room were asked and throat cultures were taken before and after surgery. These results were compared with those working in internal units. Data were analyzed using a statistics program.

Enrollment: 29 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Health workers in operating room

Exclusion criteria

• those with chronic diseases such as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Asthma

Trial design

29 participants in 2 patient groups

working in the operating

Description:

operating room workers exposed to surgical smoke

Treatment:

Other: exposure to surgical smoke during surgery

working in internal units

Description:

Internal unit workers not exposed to surgical smoke