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12 Executive Briefing: Patient Warming Forced-air warming therapy has proven effective in acute settings, and perioperative staff is familiar with it. It can easily transfer to outpatient facilities, saving staff training and implementation time, streamlining purchasing and inventory management and optimiz- ing care through evidence-based protocols. Perioperative temperature management interventions — particu- larly forced-air warming — can bring new value to facilities to- day and in the future. This widespread practice can be leveraged more fully to enhance outcomes, improve the patient experience and avoid costly complications. In addition to the cotton blanket savings, Mr. Sutton says Fawcett Memorial also realized an increase of several points on its patient satisfaction scores and saw a decrease in overall surgical infec- tion rates. "Patients have come across anywhere from 1-2 degrees warmer when they reach the recovery room. 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