Infant Warmers

Many infants struggle to maintain body heat, even when ambient temperatures are high. Core and skin temperature can decrease by as much as 0.1˚ to 0.3˚ per minute following delivery as the infant moves from the warm, moist uterine environment to a cool, dry delivery room and amniotic fluid evaporates from the skin.

Prolonged hypothermia, defined as core body temperature of under 36˚, can result in hypoxia and hypoglycemia and cause