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An Investigation Of The Effects Of Surgical Smoke On The Physiological And Psychological Health Of Operating Room Personnel
Zeynep Karaman Özlü1, ibrahim özlü2, Kübra Kalınca Topçu3, Zeynep Kaya4, m.cenk turgut51Ataturk University, Nursing Faculty, Department of Surgical Nursing, Anesthesiology Clinical Research Office, Erzurum, Turkey2Emergency Department, Atatürk University, Erzurum, Turkey
3Bakırçay University Çiğli Training and Research Hospital, Department of Surgery, İzmir, Turkey
4Ataturk University Research Hospital, Operating Room, Erzurum, Turkey
5Ataturk University Research Hospital, Orthopedics and Traumatology Clinic, Erzurum, Turkey
INTRODUCTION: Although the instruments used during surgical intervention are an integral part of modern surgery, these instruments contain many harmful chemical gases, bacteria, viruses, etc. generates surgical smoke containing particles. Operating room workers are exposed to this harmful smoke in surgeries. No study was found in the literature comparing operating room personnel before and after working in the operating room.
METHODS: This study was conducted in a descriptive design. The study was performed in the operating room of Atatürk University Research Hospital between the dates January 2021 September 2021. The study was carried out with a total of 87 operating room personnel (surgeons, nurses, anesthesia technicians) who had worked in another clinic or outpatient clinic before working in the operating room.
RESULTS: In the study, it was determined that 44.8% of the operating room personnel were nurses, 65.5% were female, 51.7% worked in the operating room for 1-5 years, and 46.0% stayed in the surgical operation for 4-6 hours. It was reported that various symptoms related to surgical smoke such as headache (100%), fatigue (95.8%), nervousness (98.3%), muscle pain (98.4%), discomfort (100.0%), amnesia (95.5%), and respiratory tract problems were observed in operating room personnel, especially after working in the operating room.
DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: As a result of the study, it was revealed that the operating room personnel experienced various symptoms due to surgical smoke after working in the operating room. This study showed the adverse effects of surgical smoke on the health of operating room personnel.
Manuscript Language: English