AB097. SOH24AB_039. Intra-operative temperature monitoring: an audit of compliance to the national standard at University Hospital Limerick

Background: Core temperature monitoring is appropriate to facilitate detection of malignant hyperthermia and hypothermia. Intra-operative hypothermia (core temperature 36 ℃) is associated with surgical wound infections, coagulopathy and prolonged hospitalisation1. The Association of Anaesthetists guidelines for the standards of monitoring during anaesthesia and recovery recommend recording temperature before anaesthesia and every 30 minutes until the end of surgery. An audit assessing compliance to intra-operative temperature monitoring was conducted in a university hospital.