3M™ Bair Hugger™ Lower Body Blanket, Model 525
- 3M ID 7100283761
- UPC 04064035061500
Details
Highlights
- Single-use lower-body forced-air warming blanket with excellent heat transfer
- Consists of a soft, comfortable, lightweight material
- Helps maintain normothermia, which can reduce the rate of complications, including surgical site infection (SSI)(1,2)
- Effectively used for patients in supine, lateral or prone positions
- Foot drape minimises risk of thermal injury to the feet and lower leg area
- Continuous adhesive strip secures blanket to the patient
- To deliver safe, effective and consistent forced-air warming for your patients, use the 3M™ Bair Hugger™ Lower Body Warming Blanket, 52500 with the 3M™ Bair Hugger™ Warming Unit 675 or 775
The 3M™ Bair Hugger™ Lower Body Warming Blanket, 52500 is a single-use lower-body forced-air warming blanket that prevent hypothermia and maintain normothermia in patients undergoing upper-body surgical procedures, which has been shown to reduce the risk of surgical site infection (SSI)(1,2).
The 3M™ Bair Hugger™ Lower Body Warming Blanket, 52500 is made of a soft, comfortable, lightweight material with perforations across the blanket to deliver uniform convective warming for your patients. This forced-air warming blanket provides excellent heat transfer to help maintain normothermia, which has been shown to reduce the risk of SSI(1,2) and shorten patient stay(1,2).
Suggested applications
- 3M™ Bair Hugger™ Temperature Management Solutions are indicated for hypothermic patients or normothermic patients for whom induced hypothermia or localized temperature therapy is clinically indicated. In addition, the solutions can be used to provide patient thermal comfort when conditions exist that may cause patients to become too warm or too cold. The temperature management systems can be used with adult and pediatric patients. Bair Hugger Temperature Management Solutions should only be used by trained medical professionals
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References
1. Kurz A, Sessler DI, Lenhardt R. Perioperative normothermia to reduce the incidence of surgical-wound infection and shorten hospitalization. N Engl J Med 1996; 334: 1209–1215. 2. Melling AC, Ali B, Scott EM, Leaper DJ. Effects of preoperative warming on the incidence of wound infection after clean surgery: a randomised controlled trial.Lancet2001; 358: 876–880.
