Effect of Surgical Smoke on Air Quality

Completed

• Conditions: Occupational Health; Air Quality; Volatile Organic Compounds
• Interventions: Other: exposure to surgical smoke during surgery

• Registration Number: NCT04856995
• Lead Sponsor: Abant Izzet Baysal University

Brief Summary

This study; It was planned to (1) determine the effect of surgical smoke on indoor air quality and (2) examine its effect on physical symptoms and throat culture results in operating room employees and compare it with those working in internal units.

Detailed Description

Background:This study is a experimental study. The aim of this study is; to determine the effect of surgical smoke containing toxic chemicals on indoor air quality and to examine the physical symptoms of employees in the operating room.

Method:It was carried out in general surgery operating room between June 2020 and July 2020 In the study, 45 air samples were taken from the with active sampling method before, during and after surgery. Physical complaints of 19 people working in the operating room were asked and throat cultures were taken before and after surgery. These results were compared with those working in internal units. Data were analyzed using a statistics program.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2020-05-12
• Primary Completion: 2020-07-20
• Study Completion: 2020-07-20
• Study First Submitted: 2021-03-19
• Status Verified: 2021-04
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-04-21
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-04-21
• Study First Posted: 2021-04-23
• Last Update Posted: 2021-04-23

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 29

Inclusion Criteria

• Health workers in operating room

Exclusion Criteria

• those with chronic diseases such as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Asthma

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
working in the operating	exposure to surgical smoke during surgery	operating room workers exposed to surgical smoke

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
THE PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS	29/06/2020- 20/07/2020	Physical complaints of 19 people working in the general surgery operating room were asked and throat cultures were taken before and after surgery. These results were compared with those working in internal units.
AIR UALITY IN OPERATING ROOM	29/06/2020- 20/07/2020	Surgical smoke contains cellular materials including polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) and volatile organic compounds (VOC) from carcinogenic chemicals.In the study, 45 air samples were taken from the general surgery operating room with active sampling method before, during and after surgery

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal Üniversitesi/Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi; 🇹🇷 Bolu, Turkey