EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. -- Arizant Healthcare Inc. has
announced the expansion of its Bair Paws patient adjustable warming system
product line to include a small sized warming gown, ideal for adolescents
and other petite surgical patients. The Bair Paws system is the first to
combine patient gowning the patient warming gown.
"If I had to grade your Bair Paws gown, it would get an A++ because of the
comfort and relaxing feeling I had," said one patient who has used the gown
prior to her surgical procedure. "The control that I had over my gown was
wonderful."
The Bair Paws system is designed to replace traditional patient gowns and
the need for nurses to continually change warmed cotton blankets on patients
who are waiting for or recovering from surgery. With the Bair Paws system,
patients are issued a single-use warming gown upon arrival (this replaces
traditional patient gowns).
When attached to a warming unit, patients waiting for surgery can adjust the
temperature of the air flowing through the warming gown to a comfortable
level using a hand-held temperature controller. After surgery, the attending
nurse can reconnect a Bair Paws warming unit to the warming gown and set the
temperature to help comfort patients while they recover from anesthesia.
Bair Paws warming gowns are now available in small, standard and XL sizes
and can be ordered with booties or a patient kit, which includes booties, a
bonnet, a shoe bag and a bag for patients' personal belongings. For more
information on the Bair Paws patient adjustable warming system, go to
www.bairpaws.com.
Arizant Healthcare Inc. manufactures Bair Hugger therapy, the Ranger
blood/fluid warming system and the Bair Paws patient adjustable warming
system.
Source: Arizant
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