The Joint Commission recently updated its 20-year-old guidance on preventing surgical fires and burns, the organization said Oct. 18. There is no national reporting system that tracks the rate and ...

Between 550 and 650 surgical fires occur each year across the country, according to the AORN Journal. Here are three strategies from the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses to strengthen ...

The FDA recently launched a new surgical fire prevention website. Here are six recommendations for healthcare professionals on preventing surgical fires from FDA. 1. Conduct a fire risk assessment at ...

The FDA issued guidance May 29 for reducing the risk of largely preventable surgical fires, which can result in patient burns, disfigurement and death. Surgical fires can occur when an oxidizer, an ...

Surgery is never without some risk, but bursting into flames during a routine procedure is not something most patients worry about. Maybe they should. While these terrifying flash fires are still ...

Medscape: What are the specifics of a fire risk assessment that you recommend be conducted prior to each surgical procedure? Bahadori: Before any surgical procedure, all members of the surgical team ...

When fire breaks out and burns a patient during surgery in Pennsylvania, the hospital is required by law to report the incident to the state Patient Safety Authority. If a similar surgical fire ...

The 2014 NFPA Conference & Expo will feature a panel discussion June 11 that will be of interest to firefighters, fire inspectors, and fire educators. NFPA's Health Care Section is sponsoring the ...

A state health investigation has faulted Abbott Northwestern Hospital for failing to prevent a surgical fire that burned a woman having her pacemaker replaced. The investigative report, released ...

Scalpel. Check. Sponge. Check. Fire extinguisher...check?When you think about the risks of surgery, "fire" usually doesn't come to mind. But that's what happened to a man in Australia who experienced ...

Surgical fires pose a risk to both clinicians and patients and can be catastrophic, resulting in patient burns and other serious injuries, disfigurement, and death. To address this issue, the US Food ...