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Since these preventive measures have little cost and are nearly 100 percent effective, they are prioritized in patient safety initiatives. This topic will review causes, high-risk settings, and prevention of fires in the OR, as well as acute management of a surgical fire and the burned patient.
This topic reviews patient safety in the operating room (OR), including general and specific approaches to reduce risks for various hazards. A separate topic reviews control of infectious disease transmission by aerosol, contact, droplet exposure, or needle stick injury in this setting.
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The three components of an operating room fire are present in virtually all surgical procedures: an oxidizer (oxygen, nitrous oxide), an ignition source (i.e., laser, "Bovie"), and a fuel. This review analyzes each fire ingredient to determine the optimal clinical strategy to reduce the risk of fire.
Medline ® Abstracts for References 7,11-17 of 'Fire safety in the operating room'
Although patient safety in the operating room (OR) has improved in the last decades, significant risks remain . Adverse events that may occur include those that are subtle and delayed (eg, a central line-associated bloodstream infection) or dramatic and immediate (eg, a fire).
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Operating room fires: a closed claims analysis. AU Mehta SP, Bhananker SM, Posner KL, Domino KB SO Anesthesiology. 2013 May;118(5):1133-9. BACKGROUND To assess patterns of injury and liability associated with operating room (OR) fires, closed malpractice claims in the American Society of Anesthesiologists Closed Claims Database since 1985 were ...
Practice advisory for the prevention and management of operating room fires. AU American Society of Anesthesiologists Task Force on Operating Room Fires, Caplan RA, Barker SJ, Connis RT, Cowles C, de Richemond AL, Ehrenwerth J, Nickinovich DG, Pritchard D, Roberson D, Wolf GL
Surgical Fires: Decreasing Incidence Relies on Continued Prevention Efforts. PA Patient Saf Advis 2018;15(2). Available at: http://patientsafety.pa.gov/ADVISORIES/Pages/201806_Surgical Fires.aspx (Accessed on August 08, 2021).