A Randomized Control Trial Comparing Transparent Film Dressings and Conventional Occlusive Dressings for Elective Surgical Procedures.

Dressings Incision Occlusive Surgical site infection Transparent

Journal

Open access Macedonian journal of medical sciences
ISSN: 1857-9655
Titre abrégé: Open Access Maced J Med Sci
Pays: North Macedonia
ID NLM: 101662294

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
15 Sep 2019
Historique:
received: 30 06 2019
revised: 21 07 2019
accepted: 22 07 2019
entrez: 18 12 2019
pubmed: 18 12 2019
medline: 18 12 2019
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Surgical site infection is one of the major health-care-associated problems causing substantial morbidity and mortality and constituting a financial burden on hospitals as well. The wound management is one of the crucial evidence-based strategies in the reduction of surgical site infection rates. To study the impact of standardisation of transparent semipermeable dressing procedure on the rate of surgical site infection in comparison with conventional dressing in clean and clean-contaminated surgeries. The study included 100 patients who were admitted to surgical wards in Cairo university hospitals, for clean and clean-contaminated operations, in the period from February 2017 to August 2017. Immunocompromised and uncontrolled diabetic patients were excluded. Patients were randomly allocated into two groups; in the first group, patients wounds were covered using transparent semipermeable dressing, while the second group patients' wounds were covered using conventional occlusive gauze dressing. Patients were followed up for criteria of infection every other day during the first week then at two weeks, three weeks and four weeks. In clean and clean-contaminated operations, the transparent dressing group showed a significantly lesser rate of surgical site infection at (2%), compared with the conventional occlusive gauze dressing group with a surgical site infection rate of (14%) (p-value of 0.02). The transparent semipermeable dressing is effective in reducing surgical site infection rate in clean and clean-contaminated operations.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
Surgical site infection is one of the major health-care-associated problems causing substantial morbidity and mortality and constituting a financial burden on hospitals as well. The wound management is one of the crucial evidence-based strategies in the reduction of surgical site infection rates.
AIM OBJECTIVE
To study the impact of standardisation of transparent semipermeable dressing procedure on the rate of surgical site infection in comparison with conventional dressing in clean and clean-contaminated surgeries.
METHODS METHODS
The study included 100 patients who were admitted to surgical wards in Cairo university hospitals, for clean and clean-contaminated operations, in the period from February 2017 to August 2017. Immunocompromised and uncontrolled diabetic patients were excluded. Patients were randomly allocated into two groups; in the first group, patients wounds were covered using transparent semipermeable dressing, while the second group patients' wounds were covered using conventional occlusive gauze dressing. Patients were followed up for criteria of infection every other day during the first week then at two weeks, three weeks and four weeks.
RESULTS RESULTS
In clean and clean-contaminated operations, the transparent dressing group showed a significantly lesser rate of surgical site infection at (2%), compared with the conventional occlusive gauze dressing group with a surgical site infection rate of (14%) (p-value of 0.02).
CONCLUSION CONCLUSIONS
The transparent semipermeable dressing is effective in reducing surgical site infection rate in clean and clean-contaminated operations.

Identifiants

pubmed: 31844447
doi: 10.3889/oamjms.2019.809
pii: OAMJMS-7-2844
pmc: PMC6901868
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

2844-2850

Informations de copyright

Copyright: © 2019 Moushira Hosny Ezzelarab Sayed, Omar Nouh, Ahmed Nabil Ahmed, Mervat Gaber Anany, Nevine Gamal El Rachidi, Ahmed Safwat Salem.

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Auteurs

Moushira Hosny Ezzelarab (MH)

Clinical and Chemical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.

Omar Nouh (O)

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.

Ahmed Nabil Ahmed (AN)

General Surgery, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.

Mervat Gaber Anany (MG)

Clinical and Chemical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.

Nevine Gamal El Rachidi (NGE)

Clinical and Chemical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.

Ahmed Safwat Salem (AS)

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.

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