These arbitrary set points for delivery rooms are
consensus-based and not evidence-based. One aspect, however,
is clear: as recommended by the WHO, ‘adults should not
determine the delivery room temperature according to their
own comfort’.Discussions with members of the obstetrical
team will be necessary to effect this change in the delivery room,
especially during operative deliveries when gowning is used.
It should be remembered that warming the delivery
room above 721F will be necessary in