This patient was coming out of surgery, warming blanket was removed, and found to have redness and blisters on left arm and shoulder.Per dermatology note, probable burn, partial thickness, second degree, possibly related to the forced air warming blanket and hose.Patient may be at great risk of injury given thin skin from use of high potency typical steroid for psoriasis.At discharge, wound nurse wrote: left arm blisters are drying, no signs of deep tissue involvement.This device and hose were tested by clinical engineering department post event.The hose had a thermistor malfunction, but the overtemp safety switch was fully functioning as designed (which alarms and shuts down machine when hits max temp allowed).
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