Surgical smoke raises safety alarms
Ambulatory Quality and Compliance Insider, December 1, 2008
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Procedures may expose 500,000 healthcare workers annually
New information from regulators and researchers may move occupational hazards from surgical smoke to the front burner, so to speak.
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