Investigation of the Effects of Five Different Methods in Surgical Smoke Protection
Project no. 20410 · Status: Kapanmış (Yayın bekleniyor) · 2018
Summary
This research was carried out to investigate the effects of five different methods of surgical smoke protection. The experimental study was conducted between January 2019 and December 2019 in the Operating Room of Ege University Hospital (My Health Practice and Research Center) Department of General Surgery. The universe of the study was made up of those working in the operating theater. The sample consisted of 112 blood and 112 urine samples of the employees. In the study, blood and urine samples and Individual Diagnosis Form and Surgical Data Collection Form were used as data collection tools. Research data were analyzed using IBM SPSS Statistics 25.0 statistics program. Number and percentage were used to evaluate the characteristics of the individuals, and Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test was used to compare pre- and post-operative analyzes. For all results, p <0.05 value was considered statistically significant. In cases where the operation was completed using N95 mask / safety glasses and wall type aspirator, it was determined that the volatile organic compounds in the blood of the employees decreased after the operation. It was determined that the difference was not significant (p> 0.05). It was found that volatile organic compounds in the blood of the employees increased after the operation in cases where the smoke was completed with the free end smoke evacuation device and pen tip smoke evacuation device during the operation. It was determined that the difference was not significant (p> 0.05) to be added. Peritoneal cancer, which was completed by evacuating the smoke with a pen tip smoke evacuation device, was compared before and after surgery. Although the preoperative styrene (2.18µg / ml) decreased after surgery (1.42µg / ml), the difference between the values was not significant (p> 0.05). Again, in the operation, peritoneal cancer, which was completed by evacuating the smoke with a pen tip smoke evacuation device, increased to preoperative styrene (2.21µg / ml) after surgery (2.28µg / ml), but the difference between the values was not significant (p> 0.05). No chemical was detected in the blood and urine of the workers working in the surgery, in which the smoke was discharged with a free-end smoke evacuation device and wall type aspirator. It was found that the chemical components (m-xylene, p-xylene and sytrene) in the content of the surgical smoke showed an increase in the blood values of the employees after the surgery. Keywords: Surgical smoke, safety in the operating room, nursing.