Massachusetts S1332 mandates hospitals and surgical centers to use smoke evacuation systems to protect patients and workers from surgical smoke.

Massachusetts S1332 requires hospitals and freestanding ambulatory surgical facilities to adopt policies ensuring the elimination of surgical smoke using smoke evacuation systems during procedures involving energy-based devices. Surgical smoke, which includes bio-aerosols and laser-generated airborne contaminants, poses lung damage risks. Facilities violating these requirements face fines of at least $500 per violation. The law takes effect January 1, 2024, with compliance reports due to the Department of Public Health by April 1, 2024.

Massachusetts S1332 mandates hospitals and surgical centers to use smoke evacuation systems to protect patients and workers from surgical smoke.

Massachusetts S1332 requires hospitals and freestanding ambulatory surgical facilities to adopt policies ensuring the elimination of surgical smoke using smoke evacuation systems during procedures involving energy-based devices. Surgical smoke, which includes bio-aerosols and laser-generated airborne contaminants, poses lung damage risks. Facilities violating these requirements face fines of at least $500 per violation. The law takes effect January 1, 2024, with compliance reports due to the Department of Public Health by April 1, 2024.