Surgical fire prevention guidelines are in the works
Hospital Safety Connection, August 15, 2007
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The American Society of Anesthesiologists plans to release guidelines later this year about preventing surgical fires, according to The Chicago Sun-Times.
The guidelines will offer ideas on reducing the concentration of oxygen around surgical patients and using suction devices to remove excess oxygen from the operating field, for example, according to a draft of the document.
The Sun-Times brought up the guidelines while reporting on a lawsuit settlement between a hospital and a teen-aged patient's family for burns allegedly suffered during a routine cyst removal in 2005. The family was awarded $400,000 in the settlement with MacNeal Hospital in Berwyn, IL. The hospital's attorneys declined comment to the newspaper.
Platinum-level subscribers to HCPro's Hospital Safety Center can find plenty of resources to help prevent surgical fires, including a checklist to decrease surgical fire risks.
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