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Too Hot For Comfort
Cleland H, Wasiak J. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. December 2007.
After removing the IV line on an infant receiving IV fluid and antibiotics, a nurse places a warm compress on the wound site. Later, another nurse discovers that the compress has caused a burn.
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