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.

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 ...

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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 ...