Crisis in the Operating Room: Fires, Explosions and Electrical Accidents

Overview

Journal J Artif Organs

Specialty Biomedical Engineering

Date 2010 Aug 17

PMID 20711622

Citations 5

Authors

Keiko Nishiyama

Makiko Komori

Mitsuharu Kodaka

Yasuko Tomizawa

Affiliations

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Abstract

Fires, explosions and electrical accidents in the operating theater are rare events, but are devastating in terms of structural damage to the equipment in theaters and to human lives. While various circumstances lead to these troubles, we can avoid and manage them by learning from the instructive cases accumulated so far. We describe operating room crises such as fires, explosions and electrical breakdowns, and discuss causes and countermeasures.

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