Subject: Patient Warming Excess Heat: Effects on Orthopedic Operating Room Ventilation Performance

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Patient Warming Excess Heat: Effects on Orthopedic Operating Room Ventilation Performance

Studies were made regarding the effects on orthopedic operation room ventilation performance when there's excess heat in patient warming.

Background:

Patient warming has become a standard of care for the prevention of unintentional hypothermia based on benefits established in general surgery. However, these benefits may not fully translate to contamination-sensitive surgery (i.e., implants), because patient warming devices release excess heat that may disrupt the intended ceiling-to-floor ventilation airflows and expose the surgical site to added contamination. Therefore, we studied the effects of 2 popular patient warming technologies, forced air and conductive fabric, versus control conditions on ventilation performance in an orthopedic operating room with a mannequin draped for total knee replacement.

Conclusions:

Excess heat from forced air warming resulted in the disruption of ventilation airflows over the surgical site, whereas conductive patient warming devices had no noticeable effect on ventilation airflows. These findings warrant future research into the effects of forced air warming excess heat on clinical outcomes during contamination-sensitive surgery.

Link to Research Paper

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"Our unit has had a significant reduction in joint-replacement infection since changing to an alternative patient warming system.”

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery-br Feb 2011 Letter to the Editor http://www.bjj.boneandjoint.org.uk/content/93-B/1/85.e-letters

-M.R. Reed, MD
Orthopedic Surgeon
UK

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Subject: Patient Warming Excess Heat: Effects on Orthopedic Operating Room Ventilation Performance

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