North Carolina General Statutes Chapter 131E. Health Care Facilities and Services § 131E-78.4. Hospital standards for surgical smoke evacuation

Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) Definitions.--The following definitions apply in this section:

(1) Smoke evacuation/filtering system.--Stand-alone, portable equipment that effectively captures, filters, and eliminates surgical smoke at the site of origin before the smoke makes contact with the eyes or respiratory tracts of occupants in the room. This equipment is not required to be interconnected to the hospital surgical ventilation or medical gas system.

(2) Surgical smoke.--The gaseous by-product produced by energy-generating devices, including surgical plume, smoke plume, bio-aerosols, laser-generated airborne contaminants, or lung-damaging dust.

(b) [Requirement.--]Each hospital licensed under this Part shall adopt and implement policies that require the use of a smoke evacuation/filtering system during any surgical procedure that is likely to generate surgical smoke.

(c) Adverse Action.--The Department of Health and Human Services may take adverse action against a hospital under G.S. 131E-78 for a violation of this section.

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