GUIDANCE FOR PERIOPERATIVE NURSES TO PREVENT PERIOPERATIVE HYPOTHERMIA IN OBSTETRICS.

Abstract

The prevention of perioperative hypothermia is a responsibility of all members of the perioperative team. Nurses are well placed to have a central role in implementing strategies to reduce perioperative heat loss, which is associated with a host of adverse outcomes (National Collaborating Centre for Nursing and Supportive Care 2008).