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Surgical smoke, or toxic emissions generated from surgical tools cutting and burning tissue during surgery, can negatively affect the surgeons and nurses that work in operating rooms who breathe in the smoke.

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Patient-focused care models, medication management and nurse education can improve ASC quality.

Procedures are more efficient when performed in an ASC compared to a hospital outpatient department, according to research published in the American Journal of Surgery.

The average income for physician assistants in 2018 was $110,567, according to a report from the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants.

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