Studies show that there are 100 fires reported annually in the OR environment. What makes this statistic frightening is that these involve fires on or near patients or staff members.
Couple this with fire training requirements from a cast of regulators including OSHA, the NFPA, CMS, and the JCAHO, and you've got a prescription to keep the most knowledgeable of fire safety professionals up at night.
A new resource to give you the best protection against surgical fires: prevention.
Learning to prevent surgical fires is the single best way to protect your facility against this threat. HCPro will show you how with the book and CD-ROM set, OR Surgical Fire Training Guide: Strategies to Reduce Risk and Ensure Compliance. This book will guide you in your quest to develop policies and procedures that ensure the safety of patients and staff.
Designed to walk you through fire safety in the surgical environment
Geared towards safety and surgical directors, OR Surgical Fire Training Guide covers all the OR fire safety bases with concise, well-organized, and easy-to-understand information on these key areas:
- How surgical fires occur
- Prevention
- Suppression
- Communication
- Training
- Sample policies and procedures
And covers topics including:
- Surgical fire prevention programs
- Risk analysis tools
- Regulatory requirements
- How to create and implement your own fire drills
Who should read this book? - Clinical managers
- Quality managers
- Risk managers
- Survey coordinators
- Safety directors
- Anesthesiology directors
- OR directors
Forms you can customize for your own OR fire safety needs
OR Surgical Fire Training Guide includes a CD-ROM with the forms you need to build solid OR fire safety policies and procedures. These forms, which also appear in the book, are easy to customize and put to use in your OR environment right away!
About the author
Jane H. Flowers, RN, MSN, CNOR is the clinical nurse manager for PeriOperative Education at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury, MD. Last year she was presented the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) 2004 Outstanding Achievement in PeriOperative Clinical Nursing award at the organization's 51st annual Congress in San Diego. Ms. Flowers, who holds office on AORN's National Nominating Committee, received her BSN from then Salisbury State University and her MSN from Georgetown University in Washington, DC. She is a past-president of the local AORN chapter.
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