scholarly journals Wasted sampling gas of CO2 monitor is another source of air pollution in the operating room.

1985 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-102
Author(s):  
Shuichi SHIRASAKI ◽  
Masao YAMASHITA ◽  
Akitomo MATSUKI ◽  
Tsutomu OYAMA
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Operating Room

Effect of Central Vacuum Scavenger in Controlling Air Pollution in the Operating Room due to Halothane

1985 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 234
Author(s):  
Man Mo Yoon ◽  
Min Hae Yeh ◽  
Sun Haing Lee ◽  
Sung Kyung Cho ◽  
Bong II Kim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Operating Room

Biomedical applications: Pitfalls in the practice

1994 ◽  
Vol 52 ◽  
pp. 378-379
Author(s):  
J. D. Shelburne ◽  
Peter Ingram ◽  
Victor L. Roggli ◽  
Ann LeFurgey
Keyword(s):  
Operating Room ◽  
Liquid Nitrogen ◽  
Lung Tissue ◽  
Biomedical Applications ◽  
Microprobe Analysis ◽  
Tissue Sample ◽  
Cellular Level ◽  
Tissue Samples ◽  
Asbestos Fibers

At present most medical microprobe analysis is conducted on insoluble particulates such as asbestos fibers in lung tissue. Cryotechniques are not necessary for this type of specimen. Insoluble particulates can be processed conventionally. Nevertheless, it is important to emphasize that conventional processing is unacceptable for specimens in which electrolyte distributions in tissues are sought. It is necessary to flash-freeze in order to preserve the integrity of electrolyte distributions at the subcellular and cellular level. Ideally, biopsies should be flash-frozen in the operating room rather than being frozen several minutes later in a histology laboratory. Electrolytes will move during such a long delay. While flammable cryogens such as propane obviously cannot be used in an operating room, liquid nitrogen-cooled slam-freezing devices or guns may be permitted, and are the best way to achieve an artifact-free, accurate tissue sample which truly reflects the in vivo state. Unfortunately, the importance of cryofixation is often not understood. Investigators bring tissue samples fixed in glutaraldehyde to a microprobe laboratory with a request for microprobe analysis for electrolytes.

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