“Recent studies published in medical journals questioning the safety of forced-air patient warming in orthopedic implant and other ultra-clean surgeries could mean a wave of new litigation.”The studies, said the writer, show that forced-air blowers contain internally generated airborne contaminates and microorganisms that “could contaminate the surgical site….”
The waste air from forced-air warming is actually waste heat. The heat is not vented safely from the OR but instead rises into the ventilation airflow, mobilizing contaminated floor air into the sterile surgical field above the table.
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Wednesday, July 31, 2013
"Wave" of Bair Hugger Litigation?
A news article published in Clinical Quality & Infection Control, a publication of Becker’s ASC Review, stated:
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