TY - JOUR T1 - Operating Room Fire Safety JF - Ochsner Journal JO - Ochsner J SP - 37 LP - 42 VL - 11 IS - 1 AU - Stuart R. Hart AU - Amit Yajnik AU - Jeffrey Ashford AU - Randy Springer AU - Sherry Harvey Y1 - 2011/03/20 UR - http://www.ochsnerjournal.org/content/11/1/37.abstract N2 - Operating room fires are a rare but preventable danger in modern healthcare operating rooms. Optimal outcomes depend on all operating room personnel being familiar with their roles in fire prevention and fire management. Despite the recommendations of major safety institutes, this familiarity is not the current practice in many healthcare facilities. Members of the anesthesiology and the surgery departments are commonly not actively involved in fire safety programs, fire drills, and fire simulations that could lead to potential delays in prevention and management of intraoperative fires. ER -