November 29, 2023
The initiative of specialized warming systems stemmed from NSH’s participation in the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP). Regulating patient’s body temperatures before, during and after their surgeries, was flagged by NSQIP as being one of many factors in efforts to prevent surgical site infections. Since Dec., Valley Regional Hospital has been using special warming systems to maintain and monitor patients’ temperatures. The warming systems are used in many NSH facilities and are being rolled out in other facilities across the province. The system is being used for patients undergoing scheduled surgeries longer than 30 minutes.
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