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The Role of Patient Warming in Preventing SSIs

Why it's so important to perform assessments and interventions to prevent unplanned hypothermia.

Vallire Hooper, PhD, RN, CPAN, FAAN

Keeping patients warm from pre-op to PACU is not just a great way to boost satisfaction scores. It's also a very important component of surgical site infection prevention. Unplanned perioperative hypothermia (UPH), defined as a core temperature of less than 36°C, has been shown to be a primary origin for the development of SSIs. So the next time a staff nurse, anesthesia provider or surgeon asks why you must keep the OR temperature up or apply another warming blanket, tell them it's not just for your health, it's for the patient's.

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