A narrative review of thermoregulation techniques used by paediatric theatre staff during intra hospital transfer from paediatric theatres to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit ( NICU)

ConclusionsThere is a lack of clinical guidelines pertaining specifically towards neonatal intra hospital transfer following neonatal surgery. Consequently, neonatal hypothermia has been reported post-transfer in research and the practice setting following transfers between Theatres to NICU. Thereby, further investigation of paediatric theatre staff neonatal thermoregulatory care is required along with the introduction of national standardised guidelines and paediatric theatre staff education to ensure evidence based practice.
Source: Journal of Neonatal Nursing - Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Source Type: research