Fires in the Operating Room and Intensive Care Unit: Awareness is the Key to Prevention
2005; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Volume: 102; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1213/01.ane.0000183641.09008.f2
ISSN1526-7598
AutoresRajnish Prasad, Zenaide M. N. Quezado, Arthur St. Andre, Naomi P. O’Grady,
Tópico(s)Pressure Ulcer Prevention and Management
ResumoIn Brief Recent recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to use alcohol-based substances for hand hygiene and skin antisepsis could introduce new fire hazards in the operating room (OR) (1). This potential for an increase in the number of fires in the hospital setting with wide spread use of alcohol-based agents warrants heightened awareness of the risks and implementation of safety measures when using these agents. Here, we report a patient who, during a tracheostomy, sustained severe burns resulting from a fire in the OR. In this case, the use of an alcohol-based antiseptic was the major contributing factor to the surgical fire. IMPLICATIONS: We report on a fire that occurred in the operating room, review the components required to created fires, and outline some strategies to prevent them.
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