HotDog Patient Warming Blog
Video Shows Vortex Effect from Forced-Air Warming Blankets
The video clip below is an excerpt from a nurse education course. It shows the vortex-effect caused by the radiant waste heat from forced-air patient warming (FAW) blankets, similar to what…
Read MoreStudy Finds 2000x Increase in Contamination with Bair Hugger
Minneapolis, MN: March 14, 2013— The use of Bair Hugger forced-air warmers during surgery creates convection currents that capture particles below the surgical table, lifting them into the sterile sur…
Read MoreThe Paradox of Forced-Air Warming: Infection Risks in Surgery
Studies show that forced-air warming (FAW) reduces soft-tissue surgical infections. How can FAW be linked to increased deep-joint infections? The paradox is easy to explain: BIOFILM. A bact…
Read MoreStudy Confirms Forced-Air Warming Disrupts OR Ventilation
A study published online ahead of print in Anesthesia & Analgesia concludes that forced-air patient warming produces waste heat that disrupts operating room ventilation airflows over the surgical …
Read More3M Denies Risks of Forced-Air Warming—But What Do the Studies Say?
Four independent peer reviewed studies have been published showing that forced-air patient warming devices generate convection currents that disrupt the sterile field. One such study (McGovern, …
Read MoreNew Study Confirms Forced-Air Warming Disrupts OR Ventilation
Yet another peer-reviewed study—the third in the past five months—has been published showing that forced-air patient warming generates convection current activity in the vicinity of the surgical site,…
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