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Objective To explore the relationship between frequency of dressing change and PICC insertion site infection in neonates. Methods A prospective study was undertaken. 95 neonates were randomized into 3 groups, group 1 changed dressing every 3 days, group 2 changed dressing every 5 days, group 3 changed dressing every 7 days. Insertion site infection was observed and underwent pathogenic detection,complications associated with dressing change were also observed in all the 3 groups. Results 31 neonates were randomized to group 1 ,there were 3(9.68%)episodes of insertion site infection,34 neonates were randomized to group 2,there were 2(5.88%)episodes of insertion site infection, 30 neonates were randomized to group 3, there were 5(16.67%)episodes of insertion site infection. Rates of insertion site infection did not differ in the 3 groups.8 strains of staphylococcus epidermidis(2 of them were methicillin resistant staphylococcus epidermidis)were founded in 10 neonates who developed insertion site infection,positive rate was 80%. Skin excoriation occurred in 4 of 31 neonates in group 1,no neonates in the other two groups developed skin excoriation. Conclusions We suggest change dressing of neonatal PICC every 7 days,replace dressing if the dressing becomes damp or loosened at any time.
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Objective To settle the "bottleneck" disputes existed in the key aspect of emergency treatment care of emergency department, long delayed time of medical workers or patients, perplexity of first-aid personnel, less standard in medical records. Methods Comparison experiment was carried out with the traditional model of emergency care in contrast with the new model, besides the service attitude was improved,the awareness of responsibility was strengthened and the first-aid technique was increased. Number of nursing errors and disputes, hospitalization time, satisfaction degree of patients and record trace-ability were observed. Results The nursing errors and disputes reduced by 46%, hospitalization time re-duced by an average of (7.2±0.2) minutes, satisfaction degree of patients increased by 10.99%, leaving 1673 record traceability of care. Conclusions The application of new management processes of nursing interface in emergency department can settle the "bottleneck" disputes of key interface, make the green passage of emergency patients more convenient and is conducive to safe care, less mortality, high work effi-ciency, which proves to be a reference for fellows.