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Details: NIOSH Health Hazard Evaluation Report: HETA #2001-0066-3019, Morton Plant Hospital Dunedin, Florida
A report of investigation performed at an individual hospital. It documents the smoke generated by electrosurgical devices and references studies on effects of exposure to components of surgical smoke (pp. 4-8).

PubMed
A collection of AORN guidelines, reviews and one cohort study (Gates 2007) on smoke in the operating room. Use the link below to access the results of the search.
Search: (“Inhalation Exposure”[Mesh] OR “Occupational Exposure”[Mesh] OR “Smoke”[Mesh] OR “Air Pollutants”[Mesh]) AND (cautery OR electrosurgery) AND (cohort study OR follow-up OR “research support”

Also, see these review articles in PubMed.

SEARCH METHOD
CDC’s National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) website
Search using the term electrosurgery

PubMed
Search using different combinations of these concepts:
Problem: electrosurgery, cautery
Exposure: smoke, air pollutants, inhalation, occupational exposure – all of these have medical subject headings in PubMed
Outcome: adverse effects
Methodology: cohort studies, follow-up, research support