Webinar: Practical Advice for Preventing Surgical Fires--Safety Strategies from the Front Lines
 
FDA Webinar
Practical Advice for Preventing Surgical Fires: Safety Strategies from the Front Lines

June 12, 2012
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. ET
Webinar Materials

• Webinar Recording (slides and audio) (WMV - 12.6MB)
• Transcript (PDF - 78KB) 
  The transcript has been edited for clarity and grammar. Minor changes were made based on feedback given to FDA.
• Slides from the Webinar (PDF - 5.1MB) 
  Some slides were edited after the webinar, based on feedback given to FDA.
• Speakers' Biographies (PDF - 144KB)

Printable announcement (PDF - 199KB)
Target Audience: Everyone involved with hospital or ambulatory center surgical services or facility safety including: Risk Managers, Patient Safety Professionals, Facility Safety Managers, Quality Managers, Chief Operating Officers, Directors of Operating Rooms, Operating Room Staff, Compliance Staff.
 
Program Description: There are an estimated 550 to 650 surgical fires per year in operating rooms in the U.S. Despite the fact that the root causes of surgical fires are well-understood, surgical fires still occur. Many healthcare organizations have developed tools, implemented strategies, and conducted education and outreach efforts to reduce the risk of fires. During this program, FDA experts will briefly discuss the ‘Preventing Surgical Fires’ Initiative. Invited hospital staff will share their experiences and protocols used to prevent surgical fires. Surgical Fire prevention recommendations will also be presented.      
We are pleased to announce the three hospitals that our invited speakers are representing:

• University of Michigan Health System
• UCLA Medical Center
• Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla

We also welcome our FDA speakers:

• Cindi Fitzpatrick, BSN
  Safe Use Initiative
  Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER)

• Priscilla Callahan-Lyon, MD
  Division of Nonprescription Clinical Evaluation (DNCE)
  Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER)

 
By completing this program, participants will:

• increase their awareness of factors that contribute to surgical fires
• increase their awareness of FDA’s ‘Preventing Surgical Fires’ efforts
• learn about three hospitals’ experiences and their efforts to prevent surgical fires
• identify surgical fire prevention tools/mitigating strategies
• facilitate the adoption of risk reduction practices throughout healthcare community

 
Agenda

1:00 pm - 1:05 pm   

Welcome & OverviewCindi Fitzpatrick, BSN
Safe Use Initiative
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER)
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

1:05 pm - 1:45 pm
Hospital Experiences and Best PracticesUniversity of Michigan Health System
Jahan Azizi, BS, CBET
Biomedical Engineer and Risk Management Consultant
 
Stephan Burdick
Business Systems Analyst, University of Michigan Health Services Learning Management Services
 
Shawn Murphy, MS, RN, CNOR
Associate Hospital Administrator, Director of Nursing, Operating Rooms and Post-Anesthesia Department
 
UCLA Medical Center
Virginia Broughton, RN, CNOR
Administrative Nurse I
Quality Assurance Coordinator
Main Operating Room
 
Erik Eggins, CHSP
Director of Safety
 
Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla
David Dockweiler, MD
Operating Room Medical Director

1:45 pm – 1:55 pm


Surgical Fire Mitigating StrategiesPriscilla Callahan-Lyon, MD
Division of Nonprescription Clinical Evaluation (DNCE)
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER)
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

1:55 pm – 2:00 pm


Everyone Has a Role
Wrap up & AdjournCindi Fitzpatrick, BSN
Safe Use Initiative
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER)
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)