Showing posts with label Clinical Quality and Infection Control. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Clinical Quality and Infection Control. Show all posts

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:
“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….”