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Shopping for Surgery - June 2015 - Outpatient Surgery Magazine

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2 3 J U N E 2 0 1 5 | O U T P AT I E N T S U R G E R Y M A G A Z I N E O N L I N E W e take patient warming a step further by pre-warming the bed itself before the patient arrives in the room. As we're setting up the room, we tuck the hose of the forced-air warming unit under the disposable, plastic-lined bed sheets at the head of the table to pre-warm it. Once the patient is on the table, we put the warming blanket on the patient and attach the hose as normal. Stacey Olsen, RN, BSN Ireland Grove Center for Surgery Bloomington, Ill. solsen@igsurgery.com A NICE WARM BED Pre-Warm Your Beds Stacey Olsen, RN, BSN z HOT AIR Undo the sheet at the head of the bed, then tuck the warming hose in for a few minutes.

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