title: [Fire by spontaneous combustion of oxygen cylinders].
abstract: The use of medicinal oxygen can be dangerous. The spontaneous combustion of an oxygen cylinder was the cause of a fire in an operating theatre and an emergency medical service. The fire developed after turning on the gas main while the flow supply valve was already open. Not opening the pressure reduction valve while the oxygen flow supply valve is open can prevent this type of fire. Information from the contractor shows that the probability of such an incident is 1 in a million.
authors.affiliation: UMC St Radboud, afd. Anesthesiologie, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. tcoumans@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Tanja
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Coumans
authors.forename: Iscander M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Maissan
authors.forename: André P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Wolff
authors.forename: Robert Jan
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Stolker
authors.forename: Johan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Damen
authors.forename: Gert Jan
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Scheffer
mesh_terms: D005390:Fires; D006801:Humans; D009873:Operating Rooms; D010100:Oxygen / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018605:Spontaneous Combustion
chemical_list: D010100:Oxygen