Fire Safety During a Medical or Surgical Procedure

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10/02/2012

The National Fire Protection Association, FDA and 22 other organizations are celebrating the one-year anniversary of the Preventing Surgical Fires Initiative during Fire Prevention Week, October 7-13, 2012. The initiative was launched on October 13, 2011 to increase awareness of factors that contribute to surgical fires, disseminate surgical fire prevention tools and promote the adoption of risk reduction practices throughout the healthcare community.

Learn more about surgical fires, information for patients, and the prevention initiative through the full blog post on our Fire Prevention Week blog.

Posted by Mike Hazell on 10/02/2012 at 09:44 AM in Fire Prevention Week | Permalink

Technorati Tags: fire prevention week, NFPA, prevention, surgical fires

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Recently there have been news reports about two patients who received serious facial burns from surgical fires.

Posted by: medical Autoclave | 12/11/2012 at 10:14 AM

Although a very rare incident, it is still something that should not be overlooked. It would be a terrible incident considering the situation of the patient.

Posted by: Robert Kelley | 03/13/2013 at 08:51 AM

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