Preventing surgical burns

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1. Sentinel Event Alert issue 68: Updated surgical fire prevention for the 21st century (Joint Commission,18 October 2023)

   • Surgery - General
   • Patient harmed
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     • Surgery - General
     • Patient harmed
     • Health and safety
     • Risk assessment

   By Patient Safety Learning, 2 February

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   • 2 February

2. Surgical fires poster: raising awareness, avoiding preventable harm

   • Surgery - General
   • Health and safety
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     • Surgery - General
     • Health and safety
     • Health hazards
     • Operating theatre / recovery
     • Physical environment

   By Patient Safety Learning, 22 August, 2023

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   • 22 August, 2023

3. How Tony, a Lifeways support worker, caught fire during an operation – and became an ambassador for the prevention of surgical fires (31 October 2022)

   • Surgery - General
   • Patient engagement
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     • Surgery - General
     • Patient engagement
     • Patient harmed
     • Physical environment
     • Health hazards
     • Operating theatre / recovery
     • Never event

   By Patient Safety Learning, 20 June, 2023

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   • 20 June, 2023

4. Surgical fires: Why are they not classed as Never Events? (August 2022)

   • Never event
   • Surgery - General
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     • Never event
     • Surgery - General
     • Checklists
     • Staff safety
     • Patient safety incident
     • Human factors
     • Training

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 2 September, 2022

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   • 2 September, 2022

5. AfPP: Response to Westminster debate on preventing surgical fires in the NHS (21 December 2021)

   • Risk management
   • Surgery - General
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     • Risk management
     • Surgery - General
     • Never event
     • Staff safety
     • Surgeon
     • Health hazards
     • Patient harmed

   By Mark Hughes, 23 December, 2021

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   • 23 December, 2021

6. House of Commons debate – Surgical fires in the NHS (16 December 2021)

   • Risk management
   • Patient harmed
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     • Risk management
     • Patient harmed
     • Never event
     • Staff safety
     • Surgeon
     • Health hazards
     • Surgery - General

   By Mark Hughes, 21 December, 2021

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   • 21 December, 2021

7. Preventing surgical fires: What action is being taken?

   • Risk management
   • Surgery - General
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     • Risk management
     • Surgery - General
     • Never event
     • Staff safety
     • Surgeon
     • Health hazards
     • Patient harmed

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 30 November, 2021

   • 1 comment
   • 2,502 views
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   • Comment by Nigel Roberts
   • 14 December, 2021

8. Surgical fires must become 'Never Events' (July 2020)

   • Surgery - General
   • Risk management
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     • Surgery - General
     • Risk management
     • Never event
     • Staff safety
     • Patient harmed

   By Patient Safety Learning, 16 March, 2021

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   • 16 March, 2021

9. A case for the prevention and management of surgical fires in the UK: Expert Working Group Recommendations (September 2020)

   • Surgery - General
   • Health hazards
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     • Surgery - General
     • Health hazards
     • Anaesthesia
     • Pre-op period
     • Post-op period
     • Patient harmed

   By Patient Safety Learning, 17 November, 2020

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   • 17 November, 2020

10. Development of the Fire Risk Assessment Score (FRAS) in theatres

    • Innovation
    • Patient safety strategy
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      • Innovation
      • Patient safety strategy
      • protocols and procedures
      • User-centred design
      • Engagement
      • Implementation
      • Policies / Protocols / Procedures
      • Risk management

    By Kathy Nabbie, 26 October, 2020

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    • 26 October, 2020

11. Prevention of surgical fires in facial plastic surgery (28 September 2019)

    • Surgery - Oral and maxillofacial
    • Oxygen / gas / vapour
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      • Surgery - Oral and maxillofacial
      • Oxygen / gas / vapour
      • Health hazards
      • Work / environment factors
      • Surgeon
      • Anaesthesia
      • Research

    By Patient Safety Learning, 1 October, 2020

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    • 1 October, 2020

12. American Association of Nurse Anesthetists: Surgical fires

    • Operating theatre / recovery
    • Nurse
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      • Operating theatre / recovery
      • Nurse
      • Anaesthetist
      • Surgeon
      • Health and safety

    By Patient Safety Learning, 2 January, 2020

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    • 2 January, 2020

13. Surgical fires: nightmarish “never events” persist

    • Operating theatre / recovery
    • Health and safety
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      • Operating theatre / recovery
      • Health and safety
      • Never event
      • Health hazards

    By Patient Safety Learning, 31 December, 2019

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    • 31 December, 2019

14. National Patient Safety Agency: Fire hazard with paraffin-based skin products (Nov 2007)

    • Health and safety
    • Patient harmed
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      • Health and safety
      • Patient harmed
      • Patient death
      • Health hazards
      • Work / environment factors

    By Patient Safety Learning, 31 October, 2019

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    • 31 October, 2019

15. Prevention of and response to surgical fires (1 August 2019)

    • Surgery - General
    • Health hazards
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      • Surgery - General
      • Health hazards
      • Work / environment factors
      • Oxygen / gas / vapour
      • Risk assessment
      • protocols and procedures

    By Patient Safety Learning, 23 October, 2019

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    • 23 October, 2019

16. Surgical fires, a clear and present danger (April 2010)

    • Surgery - General
    • Risk management
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      • Risk management
      • Patient harmed
      • Work / environment factors
      • Health hazards
      • Oxygen / gas / vapour

    By Patient Safety Learning, 23 October, 2019

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    • 23 October, 2019

17. How I raised awareness of fires in the operating theatre

    • Operating theatre / recovery
    • Anaesthetist
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      • Operating theatre / recovery
      • Anaesthetist
      • Nurse
      • Surgeon
      • Pre-op period
      • Health and safety
      • Patient harmed
      • Health hazards
      • More staff training
      • protocols and procedures

    By Kathy Nabbie, 15 October, 2019

    • 3 comments
    • 3,434 views
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    • Comment by Patient Safety Learning
    • 15 October, 2019

18. Electrocautery burns: experience with three cases and review of literature

    • Operating theatre / recovery
    • Surgeon
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      • Operating theatre / recovery
      • Surgeon
      • Patient harmed
      • Medical device / equipment
      • Health and safety

    By Patient Safety Learning, 2 October, 2019

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    • 2 October, 2019

19. MHRA. Paraffin-based skin emollients on dressings or clothing: fire risk (18 April 2016)

    • Patient
    • Health and safety
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      • Patient
      • Health and safety
      • Patient harmed
      • Patient death
      • Physical environment
      • Health hazards
      • Patient safety strategy

    By Patient Safety Learning, 16 September, 2019

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    • 16 September, 2019