Airglove Air Warming System for Venous Access . . .
An Award Winning Innovation

Airglove is a worldwide patented warming system developed to enable access to the veins in a patients arm for the delivery of intravenous drugs. It gently heats the patients arm up as it forces warm air through a double walled polythene glove.
The Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust Service Evaluation of the Airglove Patient Warming Device is now available click here

Service Evaluation of Airglove . . .

The service evaluation aimed to provide evidence as to the efficacy, patient comfort, ease of use and operator preference of Airglove warming device. Patients were selected who had known difficulties in accessing a vein for obtaining blood samples or cannulation by the oncology nurses.

They were chosen at random regardless of their sex, age, gender, medical conditions and provided a cohort with a wide range of cancers. Cannulation on was successful on first attempt in 70 out of 80 patients (87.5%) and they reported “it was very comfortable compared to the hot water method” To view and download the full MTW report please click here.

Airglove Testimonials . . .

“We no longer use buckets of warm water in oncology at Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust as our patients request Airglove now as they prefer it. With a 87.5% success rate in our patient service evaluation I can see the results which make our lives so much easier too” Keli Tomlin, Macmillan Chemotherapy Unit Manager, MTW

“Airglove is so comfortable for our patients who can be difficult to cannulate with continual chemotherapy cycles. It is so efficient in just 3 minutes the patient is ready for cannulation and then their treatment can begin” Charlotte Wadey, Macmillan Lead Chemotherapy Nurse, MTW

“The warming process with Airglove is great and very easy to use even on our patients with previous multiple cannulation and blood taking attempts” Julia Dahlstrom, Ward Sister, Teenage and Young Adult Cancer Day-Care and Ambulatory Care, University College London Hospital

Patient Comments on Airglove . . .

When patients were asked during the MTW Service Evaluation by the oncology nurses what they thought about the Airglove experience many reported:

“it was very comfortable compared to the hot water method”
“it was more comfortable than a bucket of water ”
“it was easy to use”

Award Winning Innovation . . .

Airglove is an award winning innovation and was “Highly Commended” in the West Midlands Academic Science Network Celebration of Innovation Awards 2017. Medilink West Midlands also awarded Airglove the runner up in the category of “Partnership with the NHS” at the Medical & Healthcare Business Awards 2017.

Patient Safety and Comfort . . .

No more improvisation with warm water, heat packs or even heated towels to try and gain access to patients veins which can be a Health & Safety issue. Airglove temperature can be selected to suit each skin type sensitive 31.5oC, normal 35.5oC or slightly heavier 38.05oC with the unit automatically re-setting itself to normal skin type (setting 2 35.5oC) after each use. Airglove can help to make the patient more comfortable and relaxed with its gentle warming system with the confidence that the nurse practitioner will be able to access their veins.

CE Approved Medical Device . . .

Airglove has taken 3 years of development, research, testing and clinical trials by Green Cross Medico in conjunction with NHS Innovations South East and The Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust hospital. It was developed as there was a clearly defined and acknowledged need by medical professionals at The Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust hospital oncology department.

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