Assessing SARS-CoV-2 transmission via surgical electrocautery plume
With Leigh Sowerby, MD, MHM, FRCSC “Live SARS-CoV-2 has been found in body fluids such as saliva, sputum, and blood; and the virus can remain viable in aerosols for at least 3 hours.1-3 Such findings have raised safety concerns for surgical staff, including procedures involving high viral-titer tissue sites subject to cautery,” said Leigh J. […]