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Mandatory for all hospital theatres to evacuate diathermy tissue smoke plume.
Closed
1,045 signatures
What the petition asks
Despite having risk assessments,some surgeons are reluctant to use smoke evacuation, which puts perioperative staff and patients at a risk of breathing in harmful diathermy tissue smoke.
Diathermy smoke called plaque, is also carcinogenic and mutagenic and even contains hydrogen cyanide.One gram of diathermy tissue is equal to smoking six (6) unfiltered cigarettes.
I want the government to make diathermy smoke evacuation a compulsory requirement rather than a recommendation.
http://ortoday.com/the-real-risks-surgical-smoke/
I want the government to make diathermy smoke evacuation a compulsory requirement rather than a recommendation.
http://ortoday.com/the-real-risks-surgical-smoke/
Timeline
| 22 Feb 2018 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 22 Aug 2018 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
1,045
Status
Closed
Opened
22 Feb 2018
Closed
22 Aug 2018
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