Veterinary temperature management
Your patients are losing body heat. Your techs are losing hours.
Hypothermia is a patient problem and a labour problem at the same time. The same cotton that holds heat away from a recovering animal is the reason your dryer runs all afternoon.
32%
of 1,525 dogs finished anaesthesia below 97.7°F
Redondo et al., Veterinary Record, 2012
The mechanism
It is a fabric problem before it is a laundry problem
Card photo
A wet cotton towel next to a Pro-Vet cover, both straight out of the same wash
10×
More water in cotton than polyester
Out of the same wash cycle. Cotton holds roughly ten times the water, so the dryer has ten times as much to remove before anything comes out usable.
Card photo
A sedated patient on a recovery cushion with a temperature probe visible
97.7°F
The line a patient should not cross
A wet cotton pad under a sedated animal pulls heat out of it. The surface the patient recovers on is doing the opposite of what the warming unit is doing.
A dryer stops when the wettest thing in it is dry. One cotton towel holds the whole load hostage.
Cost per load
The utilities are not the expense
67¢
Utilities per load, St. George
$8.75
The technician, per load
The person waiting on the dryer costs thirteen times what the dryer costs.
In the clinic
What it looks like on the floor
Photo 1
A cage bank fitted out with cushions and covers
Photo 2
The dental table with warming layers and positioning bolsters
Photo 3
The laundry room: one dryer load of Pro-Vet next to one of cotton
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“Keeps my patients warm during and after surgery. Wholeheartedly recommend.”
Shane Andrews, DVM, DACVS-SA — Solace Veterinary Specialty, St. George, UT
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