High Heated Humidity in Stem Cell Transplant

Exclusion Criteria

• •1. Nasal blockage such as nasal polyps, deviated septum or nasal packing would either not allow the proper flow of heated humidity into the nares or it would be too uncomfortable to tolerate during the intervention.
• •2. Those with influenza like illness. The intervention is not in itself, an aerosol generating medical device. However, if influenza positive, there could be airborne spread of the virus impacting both staff and other patients.
• •3. Tracheostomy Tube Patients would require a different type of equipment attachment which is not included in this study. Tracheostomy tubes by-pass the upper airway and therefore the intervention cannot be used for the purpose of assessing mucositis. This intervention is used regularly on tracheostomy patients with good success however in this case, the upper airway is by-passed and therefore there would be no impact on mucositis.
• •4. Patients with significant co-morbidities that would prevent compliance of equipment use as determined by the treating physician.
• •5. Patients who have Obstructive Sleep Apnea who use a CPAP machine at night. This population would not be able to use the intervention concurrently with the CPAP device as both utilize the nares.