Citation

Petermann H. Anasthesiol. Intensivmed. Notfallmed. Schmerzther. 2015; 50(11-12): 728-732.

Vernacular Title

Vorsicht Explosion? - Zur Entwicklung der Arbeitssicherheit in der Anästhesiologie.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Georg Thieme Verlag)

DOI

10.1055/s-0041-101947

PMID

26650953

Abstract

The evolution of safety in anaesthesiology is characterized by 2 aspects: exposure of anaesthetic staff by volatile anaesthetics and fire as well as explosions in combination with those. In the 20th century, the exposure of staff in the operating room became more and more important. Trigger for the fatal complications were gas lights in combination with chloroform. Later oxygen and inhalation anaesthetics caused explosions and fires. Therefore safety rules were implemented in the 1980s in the Federal Republic of Germany. These were valid for application anaesthetics including apparatus and configuration of operating rooms. The onlyimponderabilityis still the human factor.

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