A surgical evacuation system configured to evacuate smoke, fluids, and/or particulates from a surgical site, comprising: a pump; a motor operably coupled to said pump; a flow path fluidically coupled to said pump, wherein said flow path comprises a first filtering path, a second filtering path; a sensor positioned along said flow path upstream of said pump, wherein said sensor is configured to detect a parameter of the fluid moving through said flow path, wherein the parameter is a detected liquid to gas ratio or an aerosol percentage; a control circuit configured to control a diverter valve based on the parameter detected by said sensor; wherein said first filtering path comprises a first particulate filter and bypasses a second particulate filter, and wherein said second filtering path comprises said first particulate filter and said second particulate filter; wherein said flow path comprises said diverter valve movable between a first position and a second position, wherein the fluid is directed along said first filtering path when said diverter valve is in the first position, and wherein the fluid is directed along said second filtering path when said diverter valve is in the second position; and wherein the control circuit is further configured to: direct the fluid along said first filtering path until the parameter detected by said sensor exceeds a threshold parameter; and direct the fluid along said second filtering path when the parameter detected by said sensor exceeds the threshold parameter, and wherein the threshold parameter is a detected liquid to gas ratio value or an aerosol percentage value. a pump; a motor operably coupled to said pump; a flow path fluidically coupled to said pump, wherein said flow path comprises a first filtering path, a second filtering path; a sensor positioned along said flow path upstream of said pump, wherein said sensor is configured to detect a parameter of the fluid moving through said flow path, wherein the parameter is a detected liquid to gas ratio or an aerosol percentage; a control circuit configured to control a diverter valve based on the parameter detected by said sensor; wherein said first filtering path comprises a first particulate filter and bypasses a second particulate filter, and wherein said second filtering path comprises said first particulate filter and said second particulate filter; wherein said flow path comprises said diverter valve movable between a first position and a second position, wherein the fluid is directed along said first filtering path when said diverter valve is in the first position, and wherein the fluid is directed along said second filtering path when said diverter valve is in the second position; and wherein the control circuit is further configured to: direct the fluid along said first filtering path until the parameter detected by said sensor exceeds a threshold parameter; and direct the fluid along said second filtering path when the parameter detected by said sensor exceeds the threshold parameter, and wherein the threshold parameter is a detected liquid to gas ratio value or an aerosol percentage value. direct the fluid along said first filtering path until the parameter detected by said sensor exceeds a threshold parameter; and direct the fluid along said second filtering path when the parameter detected by said sensor exceeds the threshold parameter, and wherein the threshold parameter is a detected liquid to gas ratio value or an aerosol percentage value.