I had been working in the operating rooms for nearly more than four years, and I appreciated it.
- I knew the reasoning behind keeping the hot and cold temperatures lower.
Lower hot and cold temperatures helped to keep bleeding at a minimum and it helped to stop the spread of germs and bacteria. I walked into the operating room to get it prepped for a gallbladder removal surgery. It was so cold that I began to shiver. I couldn’t understand why they would have it so cold. I looked at the thermostat and it was set to sixty-eight, but it was only fifty in the room. I called another doctor in and asked if he knew if there was a odd surgery going on? She began to shiver when he felt how cold it was. She told me he only knew about the gallbladder. Often they will turn the temperature down if they are doing open heart surgery. I called the maintenance team and told them I thought there was something wrong with the thermostat or furnace, in the surgical department. In the meantime, I got in touch with the dentist doing the surgery and explained about the concern with the Heating and Air Conditioning in that certain surgery. He asked about decreasing rooms and if I knew how long it would take for the Heating and Air Conditioning professional to repair the problem. Since the gallbladder wasn’t an emergency, he thought every one of us could wait a couple hours and put the surgery off for another day, if necessary. The Heating and Air Conditioning team took nearly two hours to find the concern and repair it. Although the surgery was late, every one of us were still able to complete it that day.