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A growing number of states are introducing and passing legislation requiring hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) to use smoke evacuation systems to prevent human exposure to surgical smoke.

The past year-and-a-half has been a time unlike any that most nurses have ever seen due to the upending of the nation’s health care system by the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, the health care profession has dealt, and is still dealing, with unprecedented levels of stress, anxiety and burnout among all nurses, including those in the OR.

Recent advances in endoscopic and minimally invasive surgery (MIS) are truly remarkable, bringing new approaches to both in-patient and out-patient surgeries. Today’s physicians and surgeons are looking to new technological advances in endoscopic surgery and MIS to help provide better patient care and improved surgical outcomes.