BMJ Open • Vol 15 • No 2
Implementing Guidelines for hypothermia prevention with Local adaptation to keep periOperative patients Warm (GLOW): protocol of a stepped-wedge cluster randomised hybrid type II effectiveness-implementation study
February 2025 • Judy Munday, Jed Duff, Fiona Wood, David Sturgess, Samantha Keogh, Nicholas Ralph, Nicole White, Hannah Carter, Ian D Graham
Introduction Perioperative hypothermia is a common and preventable complication of surgery. Systems level change that enables perioperative teams to integrate hypothermia prevention into practice in ways that are contextually appropriate is needed. The purpose of this trial is to evaluate the effectiveness and implementation of perioperative hypothermia prevention guidance with local adaptation on clinical, implementation and economic outcomes. Our objective is to decrease the risk of patients developing periopera…