Maryland HB1087 mandates health care facilities to use smoke evacuation systems during surgeries to capture and filter surgical smoke.

Maryland HB1087 requires health care facilities performing surgical procedures to adopt and implement policies mandating the use of smoke evacuation systems. These systems must effectively capture and filter surgical smoke at the site of origin before it can contact the eyes or respiratory tract of occupants in the room. The bill defines "surgical smoke" as the gaseous by-product produced by energy-generating devices, including surgical plume, smoke plume, bio-aerosols, laser-generated airborne contaminants, or lung-damaging dust. The mandate takes effect January 1, 2028.

Maryland HB1087 mandates health care facilities to use smoke evacuation systems during surgeries to capture and filter surgical smoke.

Maryland HB1087 requires health care facilities performing surgical procedures to adopt and implement policies mandating the use of smoke evacuation systems. These systems must effectively capture and filter surgical smoke at the site of origin before it can contact the eyes or respiratory tract of occupants in the room. The bill defines "surgical smoke" as the gaseous by-product produced by energy-generating devices, including surgical plume, smoke plume, bio-aerosols, laser-generated airborne contaminants, or lung-damaging dust. The mandate takes effect January 1, 2028.