CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Some South Carolina medical professionals are advocating a ban on the use of a device that create surgical smoke in operating rooms. Surgical smoke is a common chemical ...

A surgical tool that cuts and sears flesh generates toxic smoke. SC nurses are pushing to get rid of it in the OR.. A proposed state law could require it.

According to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), surgical smoke can contain over 150 hazardous ...

After getting approved last year in the House but dying in the Senate, a proposal aimed at limiting exposure to smoke during surgical procedures has re-emerged for the 2025 legislative session ...

Mannarino and Tilghman added the chemicals can pass through surgical masks, like N-95s, so it is not a guaranteed protector. Lowcountry medical workers are advocating for legislation that bans the ...