The Personnel's Sevoflurane Exposure in the Postanesthesia Care Unit Measured by Photoacoustic Gas Monitoring and Hexafluoroisopropanol Biomonitoring

Room ventilation in the postanesthesia care unit (PACU) is often poor, although patients exhale anesthetic gases. We investigated the PACU personnel's environmental and biological sevoflurane (SEVO) burden during patient care.

Source: Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing - January 18, 2019 Category: Nursing Authors: Jennifer Herzog-Niescery, Heike Vogelsang, Martin Bellgardt, Hans-Martin Seipp, Thomas P. Weber, Philipp Gude Tags: Original Article Source Type: research