title: Hospitals are dangerous places.
abstract: Hospital fire dangers are real, widespread, and ever present, the article demonstrates, spelling out the locations, conditions, and ignition potentials which exist in such a setting. Knowledge of codes and standards, good maintenance practices, and frequent drills in fire prevention and suppression are among the practices recommended for keeping a hospital fire from becoming a disaster, the author says.
authors.affiliation: Accident and Forensic Investigation, ECRI Institute, Plymouth Meeting, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Albert L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: de Richemond
mesh_terms: D005390:Fires / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006739:Hospital Administration; D006797:Housekeeping, Hospital / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008284:Maintenance and Engineering, Hospital / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D017751:Safety Management / Q000379:methods*