leagues. She looked to Chief of Surgery Mark
Katlic, MD. "He is all about supporting issues
that relate to all of us," says Ms. Kording. Dr.
Katlic was an eager evangelist. She showed
him her PowerPoint and he said: "Take this to
all of the surgical division chiefs. Tell them to
show it to all of their surgeons." He also
asked Ms. Kording to present on the hazards
of surgical smoke during the department of
surgery's quarterly meeting.
Dr. Katlin got the much-needed buy-in from
his fellow surgeons. Together, they got 3 more
physician champions to join the cause:
Christina Li, MD, Celine Richardson, MD, and
Janet Woodyard, MD.
"I was blessed when 4 surgeons got behind
me," says Ms. Kording. "I reminded them that
anything that is in their patients comes out
into the air during surgery. They said, 'Oh, my
gosh; I knew surgical smoke wasn't a good
thing, but I didn't know how bad it was!'"
Breathing easier in the new year
Finally, on Jan. 3, years after starting her cru-
sade, Ms. Kording got the backing she needed
for smoke-free ORs. She, the physician cham-
pions, surgical services leadership and the
hospital's Surgical Services Best Practice
Council came together to implement a smoke
evacuation program. They arranged to trial 2
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