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Why must hospital personnel wear special conducting shoes while working around oxygen in an operating room?

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Any substance causing charge accumulation cannot be used in an oxygen rich environment. conducting shoes prevent charge accumulation on the body and the person wearing it will not discharge while touching any thing.

Step-by-step explanation:

Conducting shoes avoid build-up of static charge during walking. the rubber soled shoes when rub against the floor during walking may cause charge conduction which has the ability to develop spark or fire in an oxygen rich environment. Hence, conducting shoes are worn to allow leakage of any excess charge and prevent inflammability of oxygen.

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