Hospitals are also at risk of explosions caused by static electricity
As technology becomes more and more developed, people have forgotten about the static electricity explosion in the operating room. So now there is no specific solution to the static electricity explosion in the operating room. It is impossible to eliminate static electricity. Only by strengthening the prevention efforts can the static electricity be reduced. If an electrostatic discharge occurs near combustible items, it can induce explosions and fires.
The existence of static electricity meets the conditions of static sparks caused by chemicals, and volatile hydrocarbons with low boiling points may also explode, and even certain non-explosive inhalation anesthetics have explosion reports. The concentration of therapeutic doses of inhaled anesthetics is often in the explosive range. In addition to inhalation of anesthetics, breathing bags of anesthesia machines and ventilators, rubber catheters, synthetic fiber footwear and plastic objects worn by staff are all flammable.
Therefore, the operating room should maintain a relatively high relative humidity as much as possible to reduce the static electricity carried by the human body. Promote static electricity leakage and avoid static electricity accumulation, ionize the air and neutralize static electricity carried by people or objects, strengthen the ventilation of the operating room, and avoid the accumulation of combustible and explosive anesthetic gases. All static electricity can be discharged to the ground in time to avoid static electricity accumulation.