Able to smell sevoflurane?

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Stella Skelton RVN — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 20:13:14 GMT

I can smell Sevo and Iso. They both make me feel light headed if i get a whiff of slightly too much. x

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Nikki Graef — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 13:17:34 GMT

I can smell it but it doesnt have as strong a smell as iso to me anyway

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Katie Drew — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 09:50:46 GMT

Yes I can smell Sevo, we were told by rep that it had a sweet smell. No it doesnt! yuk.

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Claire Cameron — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 09:11:14 GMT

I can smell Sevo. At the practices I've worked that used it, the rep told us that if smelt like Strawberries...not sure what kinda strawberries she eats

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chanel clydesdale — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 22:33:35 GMT

The smell is awful....i must be really sensitive as i can always smell it even when nobody else can lol. i seem to get quite light headed easily with it too so i try avoid gassing down stuff as much as poss.

chanel x

Re: Able to smell sevoflurane?

Sal the 1st — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 22:32:33 GMT

I wonder if its a bit like me with halothane?

a couple of places I worked virtually everything was masked down (H+S was low on the list of priorities) and with no scavenger. After a while I couldnt 'smell' halothane at all.

Re: Able to smell sevoflurane?

Purple_Hiccup — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 22:25:44 GMT

I'm a bit weird. sometimes i can smell it and sometimes i cant. i did wonder about this because we had a leak one day and me and the vet couldnt smell it (patients were fine, was a small leak but led to a build up) but when a nurse went into theatre later she said the fumes were really strong.

Re: Able to smell sevoflurane?

Polly P — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 23:54:40 GMT

Not sure how similar sevo is to isofluarane, but I can certainly smell that... Normally only when topping it up etc... When we mask and the mask is a little to big, we pad it up with cotton wool to stop leakage... Prolonged exposure to iso in humans is supposed to lead to dementia! Explains a lot, lol...