The 3M™ Bair Hugger™ Small Lower Body Warming Blanket, 53700 is a single-use lower-body forced-air warming blanket that helps prevent hypothermia and maintain normothermia in children or small adult patients undergoing upper-body surgery, which has been shown to reduce the risk of surgical site infection (SSI)(1,2). Developed for smaller patients, it can be used in the supine, lateral or prone positions.
The 3M™ Bair Hugger™ Small Lower Body Warming Blanket, 53700 consists of a soft, comfortable, lightweight, material with perforations across the blanket to provide uniform convective warming for your patients.
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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.