Chlorhexidine and gauze and tape dressings for central venous catheters: a randomized clinical trial
| Autor: | Edivane Pedrolo, Mitzy Tannia Reichembach Danski, Stela Adami Vayego |
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| Jazyk: | English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />Portuguese |
| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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| Zdroj: | Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem, Vol 22, Iss 5, Pp 764-771 (2014) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1518-8345 0104-1169 |
| DOI: | 10.1590/0104-1169.3443.2478 |
| Popis: | OBJECTIVE: to assess the effectiveness of the chlorhexidine antimicrobial dressing in comparison to the gauze and tape dressing in the use of central venous catheters.METHOD: a randomized clinical trial was conducted in the intensive care and adult semi intensive care units of a university hospital in the south of Brazil. The subjects were patients using short-term central venous catheters, randomly assigned to the intervention (chlorhexidine antimicrobial dressing) or control (gauze and micro porous tape) groups.RESULTS: a total of 85 patients were included: 43 in the intervention group and 42 in the control group. No statistically significant differences were found between dressings in regard to the occurrence of: primary bloodstream infections (p-value = 0.5170); local reactions to the dressing (p-value = 0.3774); and dressing fixation (p-value = 0.2739).CONCLUSION: both technologies are effective in covering central venous catheters in regard to the investigated variables and can be used for this purpose. Registry ECR: RBR-7b5ycz. |
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