MI SB0443

Requires health facilities performing surgical procedures with heat-producing equipment to develop and implement policies mandating use of surgical smoke plume evacuation systems

Applies to procedures using electric current to cut, remove, or destroy tissue and control bleeding, laser procedures, and any other procedures using heat-generating surgical instruments

Defines surgical smoke plume as vapor, gas, or harmful particles produced as a byproduct of heat-producing surgical procedures

Requires evacuation systems to capture, transport, filter, and neutralize surgical smoke at the site of origin before it contacts eyes or respiratory tracts of individuals in the operating area