15. A speech recognition and control system for controlling a medical device in an operating room, comprising: a medical device; a microphone receiving an audio input including one or more speech commands; a processor in communication with said microphone; software executing on said processor analyzing the audio input and identifying at least one event of the audio input; a database in communication with said processor, said database including a plurality of rules, the plurality of rules comprising one or more of a rule that provides for any system or device activity to implement an action, a rule to stop an action, or a rule to issue a warning, and said plurality of rules being predefined rules that are dependent on a system status, a first one of the plurality of rules immediately stopping a system or device activity if the 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 the microphone is detected; software executing on said processor determining the system status including actions currently being performed by devices; and software executing on said processor determining whether to implement an action, stop a previously implemented action, or issue a warning for hazard mitigation based on a comparison of the at least one event, at least one rule and the system status; if having determined that hazard mitigation is necessary, the processor sending a control command to the medical device instructing it to perform an action; wherein said plurality of rules mitigate conflicting commands with the system status.
15. A speech recognition and control system for controlling a medical device in an operating room, comprising: a medical device; a microphone receiving an audio input including one or more speech commands; a processor in communication with said microphone; software executing on said processor analyzing the audio input and identifying at least one event of the audio input; a database in communication with said processor, said database including a plurality of rules, the plurality of rules comprising one or more of a rule that provides for any system or device activity to implement an action, a rule to stop an action, or a rule to issue a warning, and said plurality of rules being predefined rules that are dependent on a system status, a first one of the plurality of rules immediately stopping a system or device activity if the 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 the microphone is detected; software executing on said processor determining the system status including actions currently being performed by devices; and software executing on said processor determining whether to implement an action, stop a previously implemented action, or issue a warning for hazard mitigation based on a comparison of the at least one event, at least one rule and the system status; if having determined that hazard mitigation is necessary, the processor sending a control command to the medical device instructing it to perform an action; wherein said plurality of rules mitigate conflicting commands with the system status. 16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the action is a hazard mitigating action.