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Human error, direct or indirect transfer of electricity to a conductive device, or device malfunction can cause serious adverse events, including burns, electrical shocks, and or fires. Here, we report a rare case of a 43-year-old man who suffered severe burns during hallux valgus surgery. The surgeon and the nursing staff did not notice any injuries during the surgical intervention. This unusual clinical case serves to highlight the importance of implementing protocols to prevent injuries related to the use of electrosurgery. Based on this report, a specific checklist was implemented to prevent adverse events related to electrosurgery in our podiatric surgery unit to reduce the risk of electrosurgical complications. The implementation of the checklist can be useful to help health professionals improve patient safety during surgery and avoid potential medico\u2013legal liability claims.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/reports6030043","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,9,14]],"date-time":"2023-09-14T10:00:23Z","timestamp":1694685623000},"page":"43","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Implementation of an Electrosurgical Checklist in a Podiatry Unit in Relation to a Case of Inadvertent Burns during Hallux Valgus Surgery"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"6","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2869-9322","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Antonio","family":"C\u00f3rdoba-Fern\u00e1ndez","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Nursing, Physiotherapy and Podiatry, Universidad de Sevilla, Avicena St. s\/n, 41009 Sevilla, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6991-1422","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Mar\u00eda Dolores","family":"Jim\u00e9nez-Cristino","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Nursing, Physiotherapy and Podiatry, Universidad de Sevilla, Avicena St. s\/n, 41009 Sevilla, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Francisco Javier","family":"M\u00e1rmol-Garc\u00eda","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Podiatric Cl\u00ednical Area, Universidad de Sevilla, Avicena St. s\/n, 41009 Sevilla, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Victoria Eugenia","family":"C\u00f3rdoba-Jim\u00e9nez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Independent Researcher, Dr. Fleming St. 13, Bajo B, Castilleja de la Cuesta, 41950 Sevilla, Spain"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,9,14]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"197","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jamcollsurg.2015.03.031","article-title":"Surgical Energy-Based Device Injuries and Fatalities Reported to the Food and Drug Administration","volume":"221","author":"Overbey","year":"2015","journal-title":"J. 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