S06 Oxygen Safety.pdf
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This document provides safety guidelines for the use of medical oxygen in the home. It outlines specific fire safety rules that should be followed when medical oxygen is used to reduce the risk of fires and burns. The document advises keeping oxygen cylinders at least five feet away from heat sources, open flames, and electrical devices. It also recommends avoiding the use of combustible materials like candles, matches, wood stoves, oil, grease, and aerosol sprays near where oxygen is in use. The guidelines stress that smoking must be prohibited in any home where oxygen is used. Posting "No Smoking" and "No Open Flames" signs inside and outside the home is advised to remind people of these important safety rules. Maintaining safety practices is critical as the use of portable medical oxygen in the home has increased over the past decade.
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NFPA Public Education Division • 1 Batterymarch Park, Quincy, MA 02169 Your Source for SAFETY Information www.nfpa.org/education ©NFPA 2016
FACTS
• Oxygen saturates fabric covered furniture, clothing, hair and bedding, making it easier for a fire to start and spread.
• Smoking materials is the leading heat source resulting in medical oxygen related fires, injuries and deaths.
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SAFETY TIPS
KKK There is no safe way to smoke in the home when oxygen is in use. A patient on oxygen should not smoke.
KKK Candles, matches, wood stoves and even sparking toys, can be ignition sources and should not be used in the home.
KKK Keep oxygen cylinders at least five feet from a heat source, open flames or electrical devices.
KKK Body oil, hand lotion and items containing oil and grease can easily ignite. Keep oil and grease away where oxygen is in use.
KKK Never use aerosol sprays containing combustible materials near the oxygen.
Post No Smoking and No Open Flames signs in and outside the home to remind people not to smoke.
Portable medical oxygen in the home has grown over the past decade.
Medical oxygen adds a higher percentage of oxygen to the air a patient uses to breathe. Fire needs oxygen to burn. If a fire should start in an oxygen-enriched area, the material burning will burn more quickly.
Homes where medical oxygen is used need specific fire safety rules to keep people safe from fire and burns.
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