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How Nurses Can Save Time & Steps with ivNow

Improving efficiency is a common theme for any healthcare facility. One of the many ways these facilities can support efficiency is through their equipment. The Enthermics by Pedigo line of products were designed to provide simple, affordable solutions for the busy healthcare worker and their teams.

Warm fluids and blankets are among the methods to support patient care and optimal health outcomes. Enthermics by Pedigo designed the convenient and compliant ivNow^® fluid warmer with both the patient and healthcare worker in mind. Intravenous and irrigation fluids are quickly warmed to, and maintained at, safe temperatures while saving space and time.

Warm Anywhere

Leaving the patient’s bedside to acquire warm fluids can be a source of inefficiency. By the time the busy nurse returns to their patient, the fluids have already started to cool.

Enthermics by Pedigo designed the compact, efficient, and easily accessible fluid warmer to simplify processes and help healthcare professionals reduce time and steps. The ivNow^® is easily mobilized or mounted on walls, poles, and countertops in patient rooms, surgery centers, and labor & delivery units. Nurses and aids can provide patients with warm fluids that are always ready to go, never needing to go to other departments or break a sterile OR environment.

Safety & Compliance

The Joint Commission requires that fluid warmers are monitored daily for temperature and inventory management.¹ The ivNow® is designed to display the actual temperature of every bag of fluids throughout the warming process. In compliance with healthcare regulations and to reduce waste, the warmer records how long each bag has been warmed. The user will be alerted by the ivNow^®to remove and discard the fluid bag after 15 days of continuous warming (user adjustable from 7-60 days).

Easy to Use

The ivNow^® has a preset, tamper-proof heating element that quickly warms fluids to meet the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) recommended temperatures and safety practices for IV and irrigation fluids. To activate the unit, simply place the IV bag in the pod and fluids automatically warm up to 104°F in 30 minutes or less. Depending on the size of the bag, the ivNow^®can provide 25-57 liters of warmed fluid during a 12-hour period.