The OSHA Surgical Suite eTool recommends facilities “Evacuate all smoke, no matter how much is generated.”

The OSHA Surgical Suite eTool recommends facilities “Evacuate all smoke, no matter how much is generated.” 1.  Additionally, the OSHA General Duty Clause and Respiratory Protection Standard may be applicable as surgical smoke is a well-documented hazard. Also, The Joint Commission Environment of Care Standard EC 02.02.01

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The American College of Surgeons (ACS) is recommending to “Use smoke evacuator when electrocautery is used”

In response to COVID-19, The American College of Surgeons (ACS) is recommending to “Use smoke evacuator when electrocautery is used”. Likewise SAGES recommend active smoke evacuation be used to ensure proper filtration of CO2 and plume during post-operative laparoscopic disinflation. Journal publications are also concluding a likelihood

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Inside the mind of an inventor

Ioan Cosmescu designed and fabricated his first invention, a fully functioning radio transmitter, when he was a nine-year old boy in Soviet-occupied Romania. Shortly afterwards, he was forced to destroy his invention when the Soviet police swarmed his neighborhood looking to find and arrest whoever was responsible

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Go Rhode Island!

Rhode Island has become the first state to pass legislation requiring ORs to use smoke evacuation systems for surgical procedures that generate plume. Rhode Island House Bill 5324, signed into law by Governor Gina Raimondo, requires all hospitals and freestanding ambulatory surgical facilities in the state to

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Growth and New Beginnings in Phoenix, AZ

Phoenix is projected to flourish in the years to come driven largely by industries such as high-tech manufacturing, data storage, health care, bioscience, solar energy, tourism and hospitality. Analysts forecast continuing population growth in the Arizona Sun Belt and look for employment to keep pace, based to

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Home for the Holidays

Many people look forward to spending time at home with family and friends during the holiday season. At I.C. Medical, our company home and the heart of our business operations for nearly 30 years has been a building on Shangri La Road in Phoenix. Ioan And Elena

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