AORN Guidance Statement: Fire Prevention in the Operating Room

Notes 

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3. ECRI  . “Surgical fires” . Operating Room Risk Management . November 2004;2:6
4. “A clinician's guide to surgical fires: How they occur, how to prevent them, how to put them out” . Health Devices . January 2003;32:1–24
5. ECRI  . “The patient is on fire! A surgical fire primer” . Medical Device Safety Reports . January 1992;21:19–34 Also available at http://www.mdsr.ecri.org/summary/detail.aspx?doc_id=8197&q=%22The+patient+is+on+fire%22 (accessed 12 Jan 2005).
6. Smith C . “Surgical fires: Learn not to burn” . AORN Journal . July 2004;80:25–26
7. Salmon L . “Fire in the OR: Prevention and preparedness” . AORN Journal . July 2004;80:42–54
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8. Stewart L . “Fire and life safety for surgical services: What's new and what to review” . SSM . April 2003;9:26–31
9. McCarthy PM , Gaucher KA . “Fire in the OR: Developing a fire safety plan” . AORN Journal . March 2004;79:588–600
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