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ing efforts, and check and recheck the thermo-
stats throughout the day. The hospital where I
used to work had private pre-op rooms, and we
kept the thermostat in each one at 70°F. We dis-
covered, however, that members of the
overnight housekeeping staff turned down the
temperature in the bays as they cleaned. The
rooms were chillier than we wanted when the
day's first patients arrived in the morning, and
remained that way until (or unless) one of our
nurses checked the thermostats. We voiced our
concerns to the housekeeping crew, who
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