Surgical smoke and infection control

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Hensman, 1998, Cytotoxicity of electro-surgical smoke produced in an anoxic environment, Am J Surg, 175, 240, 10.1016/S0002-9610(97)00291-2

Fletcher, 1999, Dissemination of melanoma cells within electrocautery plume, Am J Surg, 178, 57, 10.1016/S0002-9610(99)00109-9

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Garden, 1988, Papillomavirus in the vapour of carbon dioxide laser treated verrucae, JAMA, 259, 1199, 10.1001/jama.259.8.1199

Ferenczy, 1990, Human papillomavirus DNA in CO2 laser-generated plume of smoke and its consequences to the surgeon, Obstet Gynecol, 75, 114

Baggish, 1991, Presence of human immunodeficiency DNA in laser smoke, Lasers Surg Med, 11, 197, 10.1002/lsm.1900110302

Garden, 2002, Viral disease transmitted by laser-generated plume (aerosol), Arch Dermatol, 138, 1303, 10.1001/archderm.138.10.1303

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Hallmo, 1991, Laryngeal papillomatosis with human papillomavirus DNA contracted by a laser surgeon, Eur Arch Otohinolaryngol, 248, 425, 10.1007/BF01463570

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2000

Taravella, 2001, Respirable particles in the excimer laser plume, J Cataract Refract Surg, 27, 604, 10.1016/S0886-3350(00)00813-0

Biggins, 2002, The hazards of surgical smoke. Not to be sniffed at!, Br J Perioper Nurs, 12, 136