It's likely best to use passive (warmed cotton blankets) and
active (radiant warming, fluid warming, forced-air warming or
conductive-fiber warming) warming methods in combination.
Much has been made recently about the possibility of forced-air
warming causing SSIs. More than 4,000 patients from across the
country have filed lawsuits against 3M, the maker of Bair Hugger
warming units, claiming the company's units caused their deep surgi-
cal site infections by blowing contaminants off of OR floors and into
the open wounds during joint replacement procedures.
Lawyers for the plaintiffs argue the Bair Hugger's blowers disrupt
downward laminar flow that's designed to push bacteria-containing
particles onto the floor and away from the sterile field. Their argu-
ment is based on research conducted in simulated ORs and expert
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