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Smiths medical works to prevent perioperative hypothermia with uniquely designed hotline® blood and fluid warmer
1. Smiths Medical Works to Prevent Perioperative Hypothermia
with Uniquely Designed HOTLINE® Blood and Fluid Warmer
Smiths Medical’s HOTLINE® Blood and Fluid Warmer employs a unique design to prevent surgical
complications such as perioperative hypothermia.
St. Paul, MN, March 25, 2014 – Released March 25, 2014 by the Minneapolis online marketing
agency, Brandography: Smiths Medical, a leading medical device manufacturer, provides
innovative hospital equipment and surgical supplies to a global consumer base. Committed to
designing and manufacturing increasingly safe medical devices, Smiths Medical creates products
such as HOTLINE® Blood and Fluid Warmer. The warming unit’s unique construction and long
history of success sets it apart from competitors for patient comfort, safety, and the prevention of
surgical complications such as perioperative hypothermia.
Proven over two decades and 30 million surgeries, HOTLINE® Blood and Fluid Warmer has
demonstrated its value maintaining patient normothermia in common surgical environments such
as orthopedic, abdominal, OBGYN, cardiac, and more. HOTLINE® warming systems ensure blood
and intravenous fluids are kept at the precise temperature needed for patient wellbeing and safety
during a procedure.
Conventional blood and IV warmers heat the fluid prior to administration. However, the gap
between the warming unit and the patient subjects fluids to a cool-down period, making it difficult
to preserve the fluid or blood temperature. To combat this, Smiths Medical employs a unique
triple-lumen design in the HOTLINE® warmer.
The innovative temperature management system adds an outer lumen around the central line
conducting the IV fluid. In this outer lumen, a warmth-transferring fluid circulates to keep the
inner tube at an exact temperature, consistently delivering fluids at routine, gravity flow rates.
Perioperative hypothermia is a frequent, yet preventable, surgical complication. HOTLINE®
warmer’s triple-lumen design is the first and only of its kind to address the risk traditional fluid
and blood warmers pose to patients by allowing cool-down in the line.
In addition to combating perioperative hypothermia, Smiths Medical’s HOTLINE® liquid warmer
eliminates the possibility of cross-contamination with its sterile triple-lumen tubing, meets all
AABB standards for blood warming, utilizes audio and visual monitoring alarms, and is user-
friendly for hospital staff.
The HOTLINE® warmer is part of Smiths Medical’s Level 1® brand, an internationally recognized
gold standard in patient warming systems. Learn more about HOTLINE® fluid warmer and Level
1® by visiting Level1Hotline.com or by contacting Smiths Medical at +1 800 258 5361.
Smiths Medical
1265 Grey Fox Rd
St. Paul, MN 55112
Tel: +1 800 258 5361
+1 214 618 0218
2. www.smiths-medical.com
About Smiths Medical:
Smiths Medical – www.smiths-medical.com – is a leading supplier of specialized medical devices
and equipment for global markets, focusing on the medication delivery, vital care and safety
devices market segments. It is part of Smiths Group – www.smiths.com – a global leader in
applying advanced technologies for markets in threat and contraband detection, energy, medical
devices, communications and engineered components. Smiths Group employs around 23,000
people in more than 50 countries.
Contact:
Cathy Kirschner
Smiths Medical
1265 Grey Fox Rd
St. Paul, MN 55112
Tel: +1 800 258 5361
+1 214 618 0218
pr@brandography.mobi
http://www.smiths-medical.com
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