TABLE 2.

Organic Compounds in Smoke From a KM Using Electrocautery (Cutting Mode, 30 W)

	Exposure Limits (TWA, STEL), ppm	Organic Compounds Concentration, ppm (v/v)
		2-cm Distance	30-cm Distance
A. HPLC analysis
Acrolein	REL (0.1, 0.3)	3.4	0.048
	PEL (0.1, —)
Acetaldehyde		22	n.d.
	PEL (200, —)
B. GC/MS analysis
Benzene	REL (0.1, 1)	0.12	n.d.
	PEL (1, 5)

n.d., not determined; PEL, permissible exposure limit; REL, recommended exposure limit; TWA, time-weighted average concentration.