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A BETTER MOUSETRAP
In Search of the
Perfect Warmer
O
ur survey respondents tell us how
they'd improve their
patient warming
devices.
• "With heaters and cotton blankets, it's hard to
maintain a consistent
warming temperature."
• "Blanket doesn't stay
warm very long."
• "Finding adequate
space in the OR and
PACU to keep all of the
equipment organized
can be challenging."
• "The warming gown
doesn't cover the feet
and none of the systems
we use pre-warm the
patient's underbody."
• "It would be nice if the
warming gowns were
a little better made.
They tend to come
apart by the end of a
long case."
• "It's difficult to use our
warming device in
some ortho cases due
to equipment set-up or
patient positioning."
• "Lower linen costs!"
• "If patients are too
warm, they sometimes
get lightheaded or feel
faint with the needlestick for IVs."
• "During one surgery,
the forced-air warmer
melted a gel positioning device."
Coastal Empire Plastic Surgery and Shanklin
Plastic Surgery Center in Savannah, Ga., uses
conductive fabric electric heating to warm all
patients for all procedures.
EASILY MONITOR YOUR
WARMING CABINETS
MANAGE
TEMPERATURE
WITH TEMP-WIFI-TP
Reassure that your warming cabinets
and blankets warmers are reaching
the appropriate temperature with
the help of the TEMP-WIFI-TP The
.
monitor easily attaches outside of
the door and its temperature probe
can be draped over the door to the
inside as displayed to the right. Data
is transmitted wirelessly via a WiFi
network to a PC and viewed using
the included software. With this tool,
staff can monitor the temperature
in real time by viewing the large,
easy to read display. Meanwhile,
department management can
record, track and document the
temperature of these warmers from
with device manufacturer IFUs and
be able to prove it with simple to
produce reports and graphs.
healthmark
www.hmark.com | 800 521 6224
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