Introduction; Description Of The Total Temperature Management* System; Indications; Contraindications - Bair Hugger 505 Manual Del Usuario

Bair Hugger Model 505 and Model 500/OR Temperature Management Units Operator's Manual

Introduction

Description of the Total Temperature Management* System

The Bair Hugger brand Total Temperature Management system consists of a Bair Hugger forced-
air temperature management unit (with available rolling stand and sheet clip) and disposable
components, including Bair Hugger forced-air blankets, Bair Paws* patient warming gowns, and
the 241* blood/fluid warming set. You can use the Model 505 temperature management unit in all
clinical settings including the operating room to provide patient temperature management.
This manual includes operating instructions and unit specifications for the Model 505 forced-
air temperature management unit. For information about using Bair Hugger blankets, Bair Paws
gowns, or the 241 blood/fluid warming set with Bair Hugger units, refer to the "Instructions for
Use" included with each of these disposable components.

Indications

The Bair Hugger Temperature Management system is intended to prevent and treat hypothermia.
In addition, the temperature management system 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 system can be used with adult and pediatric patients.

Contraindications

Do not apply heat to lower extremities during aortic cross-clamping. Thermal injury may occur if
heat is applied to ischemic limbs.

Warnings

1. Do not leave patients with poor perfusion unmonitored during prolonged warming therapy
sessions. Thermal injury may result.
2. The Bair Hugger temperature management unit has been designed to operate safely ONLY
with Arizant Healthcare* disposable components. Use with other products may cause thermal
injury. (To the full extent permitted by law, the manufacturer and/or importer declines all
responsibility for thermal injury resulting from the unit being used in conjunction with non-
Arizant Healthcare products.)
3. Do not warm patients with the temperature management unit hose alone. Thermal
injury may result. Always connect the hose to a Bair Hugger blanket or Bair Paws
gown before providing therapy.
4. Do not place the non-perforated side of the blanket on the patient. Thermal injury may
result. Always place the perforated side (that is, with small holes) towards the patient.
5. Do not continue temperature management therapy if the over-temp indicator light
illuminates and the alarm sounds. Thermal injury may result. Unplug the unit, and contact a
qualified service technician.
6. Do not continue 241 blood/fluid warming therapy if the over-heat indicator light illuminates
and the alarm sounds. Immediately stop fluid flow, and discard the blood/fluid warming set.
Unplug the temperature management unit, and contact a qualified service technician.
7. Do not use a forced-air warming device over transdermal medication. Increased drug delivery
and patient injury or death may occur.
8. Do not allow the patient to lie on the warming unit hose or allow the hose to directly contact
the patient's skin during patient warming; thermal injury may result.
9. Equipment not suitable for use in the presence of a flammable anesthetic mixture with air or
with oxygen or nitrous oxide.
10. Resuable blankets made from woven fabric, or blankets without discrete, visible holes, can
cause the safety system of this unit to fail, which may result in serious thermal injury. This
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