Your Smoke Evacuation Legislation Playbook for 2025

With nine states poised to consider bills this year, here’s how you can help turn them into laws.

The effort to pass mandatory surgical smoke evacuation legislation in statehouses across the U.S. continues in 2025 with the ultimate goal of removing toxic plume from the air of every OR in every state. This is an all-hands-on-deck endeavor that includes scores of perioperative nurses and other OR team members who are concerned about the potential long-term health effects of breathing in the hazardous materials that fill the air during electrosurgical procedures day after day, week after week, year after year.

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