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 Case reportAlcohol based surgical prep solution and the risk of fire in the operating room: a case reportSumit Batra  and Rajiv Gupta  Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Central Institute of Orthopaedics, Vardhaman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi – 110029, India  author email corresponding author email
Patient Safety in Surgery 2008,
2:10doi:10.1186/1754-9493-2-10 Abstract
A few cases of fire in the operating room are reported in the literature. The factors that may initiate these fires are many and include alcohol based surgical prep solutions, electrosurgical equipment, flammable drapes etc. We are reporting a case of fire in the operating room while operating on a patient with burst fracture C6 vertebra with quadriplegia. The cause of the fire was due to incomplete drying of the covering drapes with an alcohol based surgical prep solution. This paper discusses potential preventive measures to minimize the incidence of fire in the operating room. | 
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