ASC operating rooms can be dangerous breeding grounds for fire outbreaks, especially during head and neck surgeries when three components — an ignition source such as a cautery, fuel such as ...

Audio conference addressing the involvement of hospitals in preventing surgical fires. EHS Today informs environment, health and safety leaders on news, trends, management strategies, and regulatory ...

On Thanksgiving Day 2022, Kathy Stark watched as her husband of 35 years, Bobby Ray Stark, caught fire at a Nashville hospital. According to Clint Kelly, Kathy Stark's attorney, the hospital staff was ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says it continues to receive reports of surgical fires, which can result in burns, other serious injuries, disfigurement, and death. Such fires are largely ...

Surgery is never without some risk, but bursting into flames during a routine procedure is not something most patients worry about. Maybe they should. While these terrifying flash fires are still ...

Industries worldwide are undergoing a transformative shift toward digitalization, and fire safety training is no exception. The traditional approach, characterized by live drills and physical ...

Bryan Tiamson, a resident assistant at the University of Delaware, has never had to put out a fire, and hopefully he will never need to. But should an emergency occur in his residence hall, now he is ...

October 5 - 11 is Fire Prevention Week! Read the new edition of Shop Talk (pdf) to learn more about lithium ion battery safety. At William & Mary, fire safety is practiced to reduce the destruction ...

Medical innovation has transformed global healthcare over the past decades, leading to longer life expectancy, lower infant mortality, and sharp declines in deaths from preventable diseases. Yet one ...