Fire Safety Tool Kit

This comprehensive resource will raise perioperative staff awareness of the inherent realities of surgical fires and provide proactive tools to promote fire prevention, plan effective response strategies, and develop department-specific evidence-based policies and protocols to protect perioperative patients and staff.

Resources Fire safety policy and procedure Fire risk assessment tool Fire safety competency tool Fire drill evaluation tool Perioperative roles in a fire Fire prevention slideshow Fire drill scenarios - ambulatory Fire drill scenarios - hospital How to do a fire drill Video: First hand experiences with perioperative fire Video: Fire prevention and evacuation planning Video: Interview with ASHRM and ASHE Fire Safety Poster and References

The Fire Safety Tool Kit was funded through the AORN Foundation by a grant from Megadyne. 

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AORN is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
AORN is provider-approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP 13019. 

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