The FDA has been "unable to identify a consistently reported associa-
tion between the use of forced-air thermal regulating systems and surgi-
cal site infection."
Paul Austin, CRNA, PhD, a professor at Texas Wesleyan University
in Fort Worth, Texas, who has no financial interest in any patient
warming technology and has analyzed FAW's impact on post-op infec-
tion risk, says there's no direct association. Dr. Austin questions the
validity of research that assesses FAW's impact on infection risk that
was conducted in simulated settings, which aren't realistic methods
for determining how blowing units impacts laminar air flow around
the OR table as surgical team members move around the room.
Dr. Austin also says the study that's often cited by FAW opponents
compared infection rates in procedures involving forced-air warming
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