Recommendations
Hypothermia is a potentially preventable event in nearly all infants,
even those who are extremely low birth weight, and deserves special
attention because of its association with substantial morbidity and
mortality. Although multicenter clinical trials will be needed to
establish best practices for prevention of hypothermia, the
recommendations that follow have an extensive foundation in
current experience and should be utilized until further data are
available.
The delivery room temperature should be at or higher than that
recommended for the labor-delivery-recovery-postpartum, patient
room, recovery room and nursery, especially for the preterm infant
(Table 3). In order to achieve and document this recommendation,
every delivery room should have individual thermostat and
humidity control, so that Labor and Delivery personnel can adjust
the thermostat as needed for preterm deliveries. Delivery room
temperatures and humidity at the time of each delivery should be
documented, and each infant’s temperature should be recorded as
soon as possible after birth and every 10–15 min thereafter until
continuous temperature monitoring has been established.
RecommendationsHypothermia is a potentially preventable event in nearly all infants,even those who are extremely low birth weight, and deserves specialattention because of its association with substantial morbidity andmortality. Although multicenter clinical trials will be needed toestablish best practices for prevention of hypothermia, therecommendations that follow have an extensive foundation incurrent experience and should be utilized until further data areavailable.The delivery room temperature should be at or higher than thatrecommended for the labor-delivery-recovery-postpartum, patientroom, recovery room and nursery, especially for the preterm infant(Table 3). In order to achieve and document this recommendation,every delivery room should have individual thermostat andhumidity control, so that Labor and Delivery personnel can adjustthe thermostat as needed for preterm deliveries. Delivery roomtemperatures and humidity at the time of each delivery should bedocumented, and each infant’s temperature should be recorded assoon as possible after birth and every 10–15 min thereafter untilcontinuous temperature monitoring has been established.
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