Risk received a call from pacu that they had just received a pt from the operating room that had a burn from the warming blanket during surgery.When arrived in the pacu, the pt had blister and red marks along both arms and across the back.The pt had a spinal surgery.The blisters were primarily on the right arm and a few on the right side of the back near the upper back.There were red marks along the left back and arm.The forced air was attached to the warming blanket on the left side of the pt with the blisters developing on the pt's right side.By the time the blisters appeared the warming blanket had already been discarded so i do not have any lot numbers or identifying numbers to report.
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