Aerosols, airflow, and airspace contamination during laparoscopy.
basic_science · Level V
Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 33829231.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1093/bjs/znab114 and PMC identifier 8083507.
- Licence recorded as CC BY.
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Abstract
Laparoscopic surgery has been undermined throughout the COVID-19 pandemic by concerns that it may generate an infectious risk to the operating team through aerosolization of peritoneal particles. There is anyway a need for increased awareness and understanding of the occupational hazard for surgical teams regarding unfiltered escape of pollutants generated by surgical smoke and other microbials. Here, the aerosol-generating nature of this access modality was confirmed through repeatable real-time methodology both qualitatively and quantitively to inform best practice and additional engineering solutions to optimize the operating room environment.
Medical subject headings
- Air Pollutants, Occupational
- Air Pollution, Indoor
- Infection Control
- Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional
- Laparoscopy
- Ventilation