Operating room fire safety

Ochsner Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 37-42

  Hart, Stuart R ^a   Yajnik, Amit ^a   Ashford, Jeffrey ^a   Springer, Randy ^a   Harvey, Sherry ^a  

^a OCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire; Intraoperative; Program; Safety; Team

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ALARM MONITOR; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; BURN; DISASTER PLANNING; FIRE PROTECTION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEAMWORK;

EID: 79953281301     PISSN: 15245012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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