Home oxygen fire deaths being under-reported in France, Italy and other EU countries by at least four times, new report argues
Patient safety across Europe may be compromised due to decisions over fire safety and home oxygen devices being based upon inaccurate reporting and incomplete data, argues a new report by BPR Medical. Statistics available from the European Industrial Gases Association…
Hundreds of lives lost in home oxygen fires, new report reveals
Over 500 fires involving home oxygen, resulting in over 300 deaths including two firefighters, have been reported by the US media since 2017, a new study has revealed. There were also reports of over 130 serious injuries, including a further…
Home oxygen fires claim a life every four days, new study reveals A third of incidents involve a cylinder explosion, putting the public and emergency services at risk
Home oxygen fires claim a life every four days in the US, new data has revealed. The analysis, which is the first of its kind, found that the likely annual death toll is higher than previous estimates by the National…