THE EFFECT OF NANOSIL I COMPARING TO THE ETHYL ALCOHOL 70% SOLUTION IN FOLLOWING PHLEBITIS DUE TO ENVIRONMENTAL VENOUS CATHETER

Khezerloo, S and Aparnak, F (2013) THE EFFECT OF NANOSIL I COMPARING TO THE ETHYL ALCOHOL 70% SOLUTION IN FOLLOWING PHLEBITIS DUE TO ENVIRONMENTAL VENOUS CATHETER. The Journal of Urmia Nursing and Midwifery Faculty, 11 (10). pp. 791-797.

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Abstract

More than 80% of patients receive variety of venous cures through environmental venous catheter in their hospitalization period. Outbreak of side effects of venous cures especially phlebitis is higher in our country compared to other places of the world which can affect the health of patients. The present research was conducted with the aim of comparing the effect of nanosil and ethyl alcohol in the prevention of environmental venous catheter phlebitis in pediatric unit. Materials & Methods: This research was a clinical trial which was conducted on the hospitalized patients of the pediatric unit of Motahhari Hospital of Urmia City. 60 patients in two separate groups of nanosil (30 patients) and ethyl alcohol 70% (30 patients) solutions were investigated. Unit selection was done by available sampling method and was divided into two groups randomly. The mean of data collection was a questionnaire based on demographic information and standard scale phlebitis signs. For data analysis SPSS software was used. Results: This research shows that the occurrence of phlebitis in nanosil and ethyl alcohol groups were 43.3% and 56.6% respectively. From the statistical point of view, there was no significant difference among the two groups (p>0.05). Conclusions: Although no significant difference was found between the two aforementioned solutions, rate and signs of phlebitis was less in nanosil group compared to alcohol group, therefore it was selected as the recommended disinfection solution for the insertion region of catheter

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