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Public Ltd

First report 29 May 2018•Latest report 29 May 2018

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Concerns addressed: 0
Stated actions: 0

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29 May2018
West Yorkshire (Western)
Concerns raised6
1. Unavailability of verbal fire-risk warnings from healthcare professionals for retail and online purchases
2. Lack of accurate national data on fire incidents involving paraffin-based skin products
3. Inconsistent fire-risk alerts and warnings across NHS prescribing systems
1. Lack of healthcare professional awareness of the fire hazard from low-paraffin emollient creams
2. Failure to display fire-risk warnings on all product packaging
3. Fire hazard from paraffin-based ointments and low-paraffin emollient creams
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Brian Leonard Bicat · Prevention of Future Deaths report

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Report summary

Brian Leonard Bicat sustained severe burns at home on 22 September 2017 when his dressing gown caught fire while he was smoking a cigarette. He died later that day from his extensive cutaneous burns, with evidence indicating that paraffin-based emollient creams and ointments increased the speed and intensity of the fire. The principal concerns were that low-paraffin emollients may pose a fire hazard, that warnings were not displayed consistently on packaging or communicated by healthcare professionals, and that related prescribing alerts and incident data were inconsistent or incomplete.

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How this individual concern was interpreted
PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Public Ltd; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation
Unavailability of verbal fire-risk warnings from healthcare professionals for retail and online purchases
Wider context from the report
“Members of the public are able to purchase such products in retail outlets and online where verbal warnings from healthcare professionals are not given ”
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How this individual concern was interpreted
PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Public Ltd; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation
Lack of accurate national data on fire incidents involving paraffin-based skin products
Wider context from the report
“Consider a review of the current effectiveness of obtaining fire incident reports involving paraffin based skin products since there is currently a lack of accurate national data involving paraffin based skin products ”
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How this individual concern was interpreted
PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Public Ltd; that does not assign responsibility.
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Inconsistent fire-risk alerts and warnings across NHS prescribing systems
Wider context from the report
“The NHS prescribing systems (system One and Optimise) appear to be updated by individual CCG’s resulting inconsistent alerts and warnings. ”
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How this individual concern was interpreted
PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Public Ltd; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation
Lack of healthcare professional awareness of the fire hazard from low-paraffin emollient creams
Wider context from the report
“Health care professionals in both hospital and community setting may not be aware of the potential fire hazard poised by emollient creams which contain a low level of paraffin ”
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How this individual concern was interpreted
PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Public Ltd; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation
Failure to display fire-risk warnings on all product packaging
Wider context from the report
“Warnings of such risks are not displayed on all product packaging ”
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How this individual concern was interpreted
PFD Monitor created a concise, searchable interpretation from the report wording shown below. The report was sent to Public Ltd; that does not assign responsibility.
PFD Monitor interpretation
Fire hazard from paraffin-based ointments and low-paraffin emollient creams
Wider context from the report
“Paraffin based ointments and emollient creams which contain a low level of paraffin pose a potential fire hazard risk ”
Open source report

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Reports, concerns and published responses

Reports over time

Concerns raised6

Unavailability of verbal fire-risk warnings from healthcare professionals for retail and online purchases

Lack of accurate national data on fire incidents involving paraffin-based skin products

Inconsistent fire-risk alerts and warnings across NHS prescribing systems

Lack of healthcare professional awareness of the fire hazard from low-paraffin emollient creams

Failure to display fire-risk warnings on all product packaging

Fire hazard from paraffin-based ointments and low-paraffin emollient creams