Stay Cool, Stay Focused: Essential Cooling for Operating Room Professionals

Even when the operating room is kept at a cool 18–20°C, temperatures inside protective gowns can soar to tropical levels. Working in non-ventilated, heavy protective clothing significantly increases thermal stress-raising the temperature under these garments to as high as 36°C.

For surgeons and surgical staff, this leads to:

• Excessive sweating and soaked clothing
• Elevated heart rates
• Discomfort
• Increased fatigue
• Loss of concentration (by up to 40%)
• Slower reaction times, which can compromise safety

Cooling vests offer an effective, user-friendly, and easy-to-implement solution for healthcare environments. By reducing thermal stress, they help medical professionals stay comfortable, alert, and focused-ensuring the highest standards of care and safety, even during the most demanding procedures.

INUTEQ offers a revolutionary solution for healthcare providers with their PAC cooling technology. Whereas this technology was once only available to Olympic athletes, it is now widely used in healthcare. 

The bio-based PCM (Phase Change Material) is available in five different temperatures: 6.5°C, 15°C, 21°C, 24°C and 29°C. This allows caregivers to adjust the temperature to their specific working conditions. al.

Caregivers who have used INUTEQ's PCM CoolOver report staying comfortable and cool over long shifts, with a natural-feeling temperature on the skin. INUTEQ carefully designs each cooling vest so that it does not cause skin damage or discomfort such as tissue damage or frostbite.

Keep Insulin Safe: Consistent Cooling Matters

The Risks of Improper Storage
If insulin is exposed to temperatures above 25–30°C, it can rapidly degrade, losing its potency and effectiveness. This can result in poor blood sugar control, which may lead to dangerous complications for people with diabetes. Similarly, insulin should never be frozen or exposed to temperatures below 2°C, as this can also destroy its structure and efficacy.

Storing insulin at 15°C is highly recommended during its in-use period because it maintains the medication’s effectiveness, prevents degradation, and ensures safe blood sugar control for people with diabetes. Always protect insulin from extreme temperatures and direct sunlight, and discard any insulin that has been stored outside the recommended range or past its expiration date.This approach ensures insulin remains safe, stable, and effective-helping people with diabetes manage their health with confidence.

Why 15°C Is Ideal

• Storing insulin at 15°C helps ensure it remains stable and effective throughout its in-use period
• Lower room temperatures slow down the breakdown of insulin molecules, reducing the risk of potency loss
• At 15°C, insulin is comfortable for injection and less likely to cause discomfort compared to colder, refrigerated insulin
• Keeping insulin at 15°C is practical for people who do not have access to refrigeration, especially when traveling or during power outages

Traveling is a part of life that can’t be avoided, so there is only a single solution left. Carry your diabetic medication in an insulin travel cooler bag while traveling to keep your insulin safe and cool.

The INUTEQ insulin travel cooler bag keeps in-use insulin cool and safe at a constant cooling temperature of 15°C / 59°F for approximately one full day.