Clinical Trial: Preoperative Smoke Check and Surgical Smoke Evacuation Compliance

U.S., Sept. 22 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07830524) titled 'Preoperative Smoke Check and Surgical Smoke Evacuation Compliance' on Sept. 15.

Brief Summary: This single-center, prospective before-after (quasi-experimental) study evaluates whether a brief preoperative "Smoke Check" practice improves compliance with surgical smoke evacuation during smoke-generating surgical procedures. The Smoke Check consists of two short safety questions asked by the circulating nurse before a procedure begins: (1) Is surgical smoke expected to be generated during this procedure? and (2) If yes, is an appropriate smoke evacuation system ready for use? The study first observes current practice during a Baselin...