Knowledge about the effects of electrosurgery smoke among operating room nurses during COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Study.
Perioper Care Oper Room Manag
; 24: 100189, 2021 Sep.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1275621
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Electrosurgery smoke is the smoke emitted from tissue cauterization when using the electrosurgery device. Accordingly, in this smoke, more than 80 harmful toxins have been discovered. In the current study, we aimed to investigate the level of knowledge reported by the operating room nurses on the effects of electrosurgery smoke during the current COVID-19 pandemic.METHODS:
This descriptive, survey-based cross-sectional study was performed on 533 OR nurses in all the referring hospitals of COVID-19 infection. The required information were collected using a questionnaire regarding the knowledge on the side effects of electrosurgery smoke. The obtained data were then analyzed using t-test and ANOVA by SPSS software.RESULTS:
Most of the included participants (93.6%) had a low level of awareness and only a small number of them (0.4%) had a good level of knowledge on the effects of electrosurgery smoke. As well, a significant relationship (PË0.05) was found between the level of knowledge reported by the OR nurses and the type of hospital (educational or private). Most of the studied hospitals used no electrosurgery smoke reduction equipment during electrosurgery.CONCLUSION:
The level of knowledge reported by the OR nurses was generally poor. It is recommended that managers and health officials try to increase the level of awareness of OR nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic by providing standard and protective equipment as well as holding some well-organized and related training courses.
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Experimental Studies
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Randomized controlled trials
Language:
English
Journal:
Perioper Care Oper Room Manag
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
J.pcorm.2021.100189
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