Operating room fires. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Operating room fires. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

• Review
 
• Published January 2019

Operating room fires.

Jones TS, Black IH, Robinson TN, Jones EL. Anesthesiology. 2019 Jan 10; [Epub ahead of print].

Surgical fires, though uncommon, can result in serious harm. This review highlights three components to be managed in the operating room to prevent fires: an oxidizer, an ignition source, and a fuel. The authors provide recommendations to ensure each element is handled safely.

PubMed citationAvailable at

Related Resources

JOURNAL ARTICLE › STUDY

Scaling safety: the South Carolina Surgical Safety Checklist experience.

Berry WR, Edmondson L, Gibbons LR, et al. Health Aff (Millwood). 2018;37:1779-1786.

JOURNAL ARTICLE › STUDY

Surgical safety checklists in children's surgery: surgeons' attitudes and review of the literature.

Roybal J, Tsao K, Rangel S, Ottosen M, Skarda D, Berman L. Pediatr Qual Saf. 2018;3:e108.

JOURNAL ARTICLE › COMMENTARY

Safety stop: a valuable addition to the pediatric universal protocol.

Caruso TJ, Munshey F, Aldorfer B, Sharek PJ. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2018;44:552-556.

JOURNAL ARTICLE › STUDY

Factors associated with the use of cognitive aids in operating room crises: a cross-sectional study of US hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers.

Alidina S, Goldhaber-Fiebert SN, Hannenberg AA, et al. Implement Sci. 2018;13:50.

JOURNAL ARTICLE › STUDY

Seen through the patients' eyes: surgical safety and checklists.

Bergs J, Lambrechts F, Desmedt M, et al. Int J Qual Health Care. 2018;30:118-123.

View More