“…Heat can be lost in four different ways: conduction, convection, radiation and evaporation. These are documented by many different authors including Laroia et al (2008), Ellis (2005), Mellien (2001), Martin and Kline (2004), Cinar and Filiz (2006), WHO (1997WHO ( , 2010 and McCall et al (2010). Heat is lost by conduction when the skin is in direct contact with a cooler surface; convection involves heat loss from the infant to cold air.…”