Hazard report update. ECRI Institute revises its recommendation for temperature limits on blanket warmers.

ECRI Institute now recommends that temperature settings on blanket warming cabinets be limited to 130 degrees F (54 degrees C). We had previously recommended a limit of 110 degrees F (43 degrees C) because solutions were often being warmed in the same cabinets as blankets, and the lower temperature eliminated the serious burn risk presented by excessively heated solutions. With increasing recognition in the healthcare community that solutions should be kept at lower temperatures than--and therefore heated separately from--blankets, we believe that our recommendation for blankets can be made less stringent. We continue to recommend that solution warming cabinets be limited to 110 degrees F.