Suggested Readings

Beyea, SC. Preventing fires in the OR. AORN J. 2003;78:664-666.

Boy severely hurt in surgery fire. CBS 5 KPIX local news. CBS Broadcasting Inc. April 22, 2003.

Clinical Issues. Fire safety. AORN J. 2002;75:1175.

Clinical Issues. Fire blankets. AORN J. 2003;78:483.

Clinical Issues. ESU pencil on drape. AORN J. 2003;78:842-843.

Clinical Issues. Electrosurgical fires. AORN J. 2003;77:1012-1014.

Electrodes, electrosurgical, active. ECRI Health Devices Alerts. July 1999:2.

Electrocautery units, battery-powered. ECRI Health Devices Alerts. July 1999:21.

Fires from oxygen use during head and neck surgery. ECRI Health Devices. 1995;24:155-157.

Focus on surgical fire safety. ECRI Health Devices. 2003;32:4-40.

Four steps can reduce the risk of surgical fires. Same Day Surgery. [newsletter online]. August 1, 2003. Available from Thomson American Health Consultants. Atlanta, GA.

Greco RJ, Gonzales R, Johnson P, Scolieri M, Rekhof PG, Heckler F. Potential dangers of oxygen supplementation during facial surgery. Plastic Reconstr Surg. 1995:978-984.

Grooms D. Cauterizer accident blamed for UCLA fire. NURSEweek.1990;3.

Gruendemann BJ, Fersebner B, Technology management electrosurgery. In: Comprehensive Perioperative Nursing Volume 1 Principles. Boston, MA: Jones and Bartlett; 1995:315-323.

Hazards of mismatched parts and accessories. ECRI Health Devices. 1996:25:31.

Helfman SM, Berry AJ. Review of electrical and electrosurgery in the operating room. Am J Anesthesiol. 1999;26:313-320.

Hennessy-Fiske M. Sick baby burned at Duke Hospital. newsobserver.com [serial online]. June 5, 2003.

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. Preventing surgical fires. Sentinel Event Alert. [newsletter online]. June 24, 2003. Available at http://www.jcaho.org/about+us/news+letters/sentinel+event+alert/sea_29.htm.

Laser ignition of surgical drapes. ECRI Health Devices. 1992;21:15-16.

Moak E. Electrosurgical unit safety: the role of the perioperative nurse. AORN J. 1991;53:744-752.

Norris J. Fire safety in the operating room. Today's OR Nurse. March 1992:8-10.

Operating room fires scrutinized. Today’s Surg Nurse. March/April 1996:7.

Patterson P. Education for staff is best deterrent to OR drape fires. OR Manager. 1991;7:1,6-7.

Phippen ML, Wells MP. Monitoring and controlling the environment. In: Patient Care During Operative and Invasive Procedures. Place of publication: WB Saunders Company; 1999:147-154.

Preventing Surgical Fires. AORN Connections. Sept. 2003;12.

Recommended practices for electrosurgery. AORN Standards and Recommended Practices for Perioperative Nursing. III. Denver, CO: Association of Operating Room Nurses, Inc.; 2003:237-244.

Recommended practices for laser safety in the practice setting. AORN Standards and Recommended Practices for Perioperative Nursing. III. Denver, CO: Association of Operating Room Nurses, Inc.; 2003:301-306.

Reducing the risk of endotracheal tube fires. Today’s OR Nurse. January 1991:39.

Richemond AL, Bruley ME. Head and neck surgical fires. In: Complications in Head and Neck Surgery. Place of publication: Mosby-Yearbook; 1999:312-322.

Roane KR. “I’m on Fire…”. US News & World Report. August 25, 2003:25.

Ryan Loeffler C, Fickling J. OR fires! Minimizing the risk. Valleylab. Clinical Information Hotline News. 1999;4.

Soderstrom RM. Cutting your legal risks of electrosurgery. OBG Manage. February 1994: 19-32.

Sommers JR. Flammability standards for surgical drapes and gowns...past, present and future. Surg Serv Manage. 1998;4:41-44.

Stewart D. Fire and Life Safety for Surgical Services What’s New and What to Review. Surgical Services Management. 2003; 9:26-31.

Stouffer D. Fires in operating rooms: an unrecognized problem? Firehouse. December 1991:30-33.

Talk to the specialist: fire blankets in the OR? ECRI Health Devices. 1999;28:469.

Update: controlling the risks of electrosurgery. ECRI Health Devices. 1989;18:430-432.

Valleylab. Force FX Instruction Manual. Boulder, CO; 1995:1-7-1-16.

Vidor KF, Puterbaugh S, Willis C. Fire safety training a program for the operating room. AORN J. 1989;49:1045-1049.

Wolf GL. Danger from OR fires still a serious problem. J Clin Monit Comput. 2000;16:237-238.