Surgical fires are the seventh most hazardous healthcare technology for 2012, according to an ECRI Institute report. The report, “2012 Top 10 Health Technology Hazards,” discusses the dangers of ...

The Joint Commission recently updated its 20-year-old guidance on preventing surgical fires and burns, the organization said Oct. 18. There is no national reporting system that tracks the rate and ...

MARION, Ill. -- A southern Illinois hospital where a woman was fatally burned during a surgical flash fire says it has adopted new safety procedures, according to WSIL-TV. Heartland Regional Medical ...

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 ...