Fire in the operating room due to equipment failure

Lalla, Rajesh K; Koteswara, Chethan Manohara

doi:10.4103/0970-9185.105836

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“…Lalla and Koteswara 6 reported a similar incidence of a fire that started in the anesthesia machine ventilator while surgery was underway, but it was controlled before any significant damage occurred. Usher et al 7 and Schulte and Tinker 5 reported fires from capacitors and the power supply in the anesthesia machine while the machines were in the off and standby modes, respectively.…”

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Fire Hazard in an Anesthesia Machine: A Case Report

Sokhal

Sharma

et al. 2022

A&A Practice

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An operating room (OR) fire is a rare event but may cause critical harm to patients and health care personnel. We present 2 fire incidents in the rear cabinet of an anesthesia machine, not previously reported in the literature. An anesthesia machine in standby mode is considered safer than in use, but in the first case, the fire occurred while the machine was on standby mode. In another case, the fire erupted while surgery was in progress. Here, we discuss the management of an anesthesia machine fire and emphasize the need for improved fire safety in advanced anesthesia machines. (A&A Practice. 2022;16:e01603.) Contribution: This author helped write the review, edit the manuscript, and conceptualize the case report.

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