17. A method of mitigating hazards in a voice-driven control system for controlling a medical device in an operating room, comprising the steps of: providing a medical device; providing a database including a plurality of rules, a first one of the plurality of rules immediately stopping a system or device activity if one or more speech commands is begun within a predetermined period of time after the activity was commenced, and a second one of the plurality of rules alerting if a disconnection with a microphone is detected; receiving an audio input including the one or more speech commands; identifying at least one event of the audio input; determining a system status including actions currently being performed by devices; determining whether hazard mitigation is necessary based on a comparison of the at least one event, the system status, and at least one rule; and if having determined that hazard mitigation is necessary, sending a control command to the medical device in communication with the voice-driven control system instructing it to perform an action.
17. A method of mitigating hazards in a voice-driven control system for controlling a medical device in an operating room, comprising the steps of: providing a medical device; providing a database including a plurality of rules, a first one of the plurality of rules immediately stopping a system or device activity if one or more speech commands is begun within a predetermined period of time after the activity was commenced, and a second one of the plurality of rules alerting if a disconnection with a microphone is detected; receiving an audio input including the one or more speech commands; identifying at least one event of the audio input; determining a system status including actions currently being performed by devices; determining whether hazard mitigation is necessary based on a comparison of the at least one event, the system status, and at least one rule; and if having determined that hazard mitigation is necessary, sending a control command to the medical device in communication with the voice-driven control system instructing it to perform an action. 19. The method of claim 17 , wherein the at least one event includes one of an audio input duration above a predetermined duration and the audio input duration below the predetermined duration.