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The Art of the IV Start - December 2014 - Subscribe to Outpatient Surgery Magazine

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1 0 9 D E C E M B E R 2 0 1 4 | O U T P AT I E N T S U R G E R Y M A G A Z I N E O N L I N E sillectomy, or caused a fire on the face or the upper chest. What was different? I tell them that all 3 things that can cause easy ignition came together here — fuel, oxygen, ignition source — and that the real issue is that it's all about the oxygen. Q Estimates vary as to how many OR fires occur annually. Do you have reason to believe the numbers are going down? MB: In 2007, we estimated that nationwide there were 550 to 600 surgical fires per year. Two years ago, we published updated data, and now our estimate is 200 to 240 a year. What I feel reasonably confident in saying is that since 2007, the increased attention to this hazard has dropped the numbers of fires. But the incidence of serious fires — which is around 20 or 30 a year — we don't think has gone down. OSM Email jb urger@outpatientsurgery.net O R F I R E S

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