Clinical trial NCT04856995: Effect of Surgical Smoke on Air Quality
Official title: Comparison of The Effects of Surgical Smoke on The Air Quality And on The Physical Symptoms of Operating Room Staff
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Air Quality
Volatile Organic Compounds
Occupational Health
Lead sponsor: Abant Izzet Baysal University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2021-04-23
Enrollment: 29
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 65
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: CASE_CONTROL
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Health workers in hospital

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.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Health workers in operating room

Exclusion Criteria:

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

Primary outcomes:
measure: AIR UALITY IN OPERATING ROOM
timeFrame: 29/06/2020- 20/07/2020
measure: THE PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS
timeFrame: 29/06/2020- 20/07/2020
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Bolu
country: Turkey
facility: Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal Üniversitesi/Sağlık Bilimleri Fakültesi
Study officials:
affiliation: Abant Izzet Baysal University
name: GANİME E SOYSAL
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
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