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We noted consistent hypothermia postoperatively in more than 60% of our neonatal intensive care (NICU) babies. Therefore, we set out to determine whether a targeted quality improvement (QI) project could decrease postoperative hypothermia rates in infants.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Objectives<\/jats:title><jats:p>Our SMART aim was to reduce postoperative hypothermia (&lt;36.5\u00b0C) in infants from 60% to 40% within 6\u2009months.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>This project was approved by IRB at Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, China. The QI team included multidisciplinary healthcare providers in China and QI experts from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, USA. The plan\u2010do\u2010study\u2010act (PDSA) cycles included establishing a perioperative\u2010thermoregulation protocol, optimizing the transfer process, and staff education. The primary outcome and balancing measures were, respectively, postoperative hypothermia and hyperthermia (axillary temperature\u2009&lt;\u200936.5\u00b0C, &gt;37.5\u00b0C). Data collected was analyzed using control charts. The factors associated with a reduction in hypothermia were explored using regression analysis.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>There were 295 infants in the project. The percentage of postoperative hypothermia decreased from 60% to 37% over 26\u2009weeks, a special cause variation below the mean on the statistical process control chart. Reduction in hypothermia was associated with an odds of 0.17 (95% CI: 0.06\u20130.46; <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;.001) for compliance with the transport incubator and 0.24 (95% CI: 0.1\u20130.58; <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=.002) for prewarming the OR ambient temperature to 26\u00b0C. Two infants had hyperthermia.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Our QI project reduced postoperative hypothermia without incurring hyperthermia through multidisciplinary team collaboration with the guidance of QI experts from\u00a0the USA.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/pan.14910","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,5,22]],"date-time":"2024-05-22T14:23:51Z","timestamp":1716387831000},"page":"773-782","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Reducing postoperative hypothermia in infants: Quality improvement in China"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"34","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5809-3770","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Qianqi","family":"Qiu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Anesthesiology, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center Guangzhou Medical University  Guangzhou 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