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cord-258118-j26v354r	Karuppal, Raju	It is time for a more cautious approach to surgical diathermy, especially in COVID-19 outbreak: A schematic review	2020-05-16		.txt	text/plain	3536	212	43	Apart from the numerous chemicals, surgical smoke had been shown to harbour intact bacterial and virus particles especially COVID-19 in the current time. OBJECTIVE: To identify the inhalational, infectious, chemical, and mutagenic risks of surgical smoke and suggest evidence-based hazard reduction strategies. Heating of tissues causes vaporisation of protein and fat which results surgical smoke(2) which contain particles from combustion and numerous chemicals like hydrocarbons, acrylonitrile, phenols and fatty acids and biological particles, viruses, and bacteria which are known to be potentially hazardous. In COVID-19 outbreak scenario, the use of surgical diathermy has to be minimised or avoided due to the very high risk of viral spread among operating room personals. Multiple precautions like use of a standard surgical mask, laser or high filtration mask, masks coated with nanoparticles, operating room ventilation guidelines, and use of wall suction have been using to reduce the health hazards, but each one has its own limitations.	./cache/cord-258118-j26v354r.txt	./txt/cord-258118-j26v354r.txt