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Objective To compare the clinical effects of two different skin preparation methods for infant craniocerebral surgery. Methods Totally 120 infants who were going to receive craniocerebral surgery were divided into two groups by random number table, 60 cases in the observation group and 60 cases in the control group. The scalp of both groups was cleaned with moisturizing oil every day from 3 days before operation. On 1 day before operation, the observation group used electric shaver to shave off all hair on the head, and then rinsed with warm water. The control group was treated with skin preparation knife to shave all the hair under soap water lubrication and rinse with warm water. The skin injury rate, incision infection rate and pain score of the two groups were evaluated. Results The incidence of skin injury and incision infection were 0 and 1.7% (1/60) in the observation group, 18.3% (11/60) and 13.3% (8/60) in the control group, respectively. There were significant differences between the two groups ( χ2=12.110, 5.886, all P<0.01 or 0.05). The median score of pain in the observation group was 0 (Q1:0, Q3:0), while 1.5 (Q1:1, Q3:2) in the control group, and there were significant differences between the two groups (Z=3.286, P<0.01). Conclusion Electric shaver is superior to skin preparation knife in shaving hair of infants. It not only reduces the incidence of head skin injury, incision infection and pain in the process of skin preparation, but also reduces the incidence of incision infection after craniocerebral surgery in infants. It is worth popularizing.
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Objective@#To compare the clinical effects of two different skin preparation methods for infant craniocerebral surgery.@*Methods@#Totally 120 infants who were going to receive craniocerebral surgery were divided into two groups by random number table, 60 cases in the observation group and 60 cases in the control group. The scalp of both groups was cleaned with moisturizing oil every day from 3 days before operation. On 1 day before operation, the observation group used electric shaver to shave off all hair on the head, and then rinsed with warm water. The control group was treated with skin preparation knife to shave all the hair under soap water lubrication and rinse with warm water. The skin injury rate, incision infection rate and pain score of the two groups were evaluated.@*Results@#The incidence of skin injury and incision infection were 0 and 1.7% (1/60) in the observation group, 18.3% (11/60) and 13.3% (8/60) in the control group, respectively. There were significant differences between the two groups (χ2= 12.110, 5.886, all P < 0.01 or 0.05). The median score of pain in the observation group was 0 (Q1:0, Q3:0), while 1.5 (Q1:1, Q3:2) in the control group, and there were significant differences between the two groups (Z= 3.286, P < 0.01).@*Conclusion@#Electric shaver is superior to skin preparation knife in shaving hair of infants. It not only reduces the incidence of head skin injury, incision infection and pain in the process of skin preparation, but also reduces the incidence of incision infection after craniocerebral surgery in infants. It is worth popularizing.
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Objectives@#To determine the microbiologic flora after surgical skin preparation of the incision site using either chlorhexidine or povidone iodine antiseptic solution prior to cesarean section among obstetric patients.@*Materials and Methods@#This is a cross-sectional study of ninety-two (92) obstetric patients who were admitted for cesarean section. They underwent fishbowl lottery, wherein participants drew from a bag of folded stubs written chlorhexidine or povidone iodine, to determine their distribution to either group. Forty six (46) participants were distributed in each group. Skin cultures were obtained by the researchers from the incision site after surgical skin preparation using chlorhexidine or povidone iodine. @*Results@#Total of 92 participants enrolled in this study, 46 participants in chlorhexidine group and another 46 participants in povidone iodine group. There was no statistically significant difference between the 2 groups in terms of clinicodemographic characteristics. Out of the 92 participants, only one participant, under the povidone iodine group, showed a growth of 100,000 colony-forming units of Enterobacter cloacae and has no statistical significance in the growth of microbiologic flora after effective surgical skin preparation with either chlorhexidine or povidone iodine.@*Conclusions@#This study showed that chlorhexidine and povidone iodine are both effective in eliminating microbiologic flora after surgical skin preparation prior to cesarean section. Povidone iodine is still a sound choice of antiseptic especially in low resource setting. Due to the descriptive nature of this paper, only assumptions that chlorhexidine and povidone iodine are comparable antiseptic solutions can be deduced from this study.
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Objective To compare the prognoses in pregnancy women receiving routine perineal shaving and non perineal shaving before vaginal delivery through meta analysis.Methods The randomized controlled trials or non-randomized controlled trials for comparing the prognoses in pregnancy women receiving routine perineal shaving and non perineal shaving before vaginal delivery were retrieved from databases,including Cochrane Library,PubMed,EMbase,SCI,Ovid,CBM,Wanfang,VIP and CNKI,till December 2015.The studies were selected according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria,and the data were extracted and evaluated by two reviewers independently.The Meta-analysis was conducted via RevMan 5.2.6 software.Results A total of 6 studies (including three articles in English and three ones in Chinese) including 1 924 delivery women were included,1 083 cases in the perineal shaving group and 841 cases in the non perineal shaving group.No statistically significant difference was found in the incidence rate of fever after delivery between the perineal shaving group and the non perineal shaving group[Z=0.57,P=0.57,RR=1.14,95 ％ CI(0.73,1.76)],and there was no statistically significant difference in post-operative wound infection between the two groups [Z=0.43,P=0.66,RR=1.11,95％CI(0.69,1.78)].Conclusion Perineal shaving may be not an essential nursing intervention before vaginal delivery.
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Objective To investigate the current status of preoperative skin preparation in abdominal surgery in China,and put forward suggestions for improvement.Methods From April to May,2016,187 secondary and above hospitals in China were selected,questionnaires were used to investigate the methods for hair removal,skin disinfection on operative field,and application of surgical adhesive drape in abdominal surgery.Results A total of 187 hospitals in 14 provinces were investigated,of which 108 and 79 were tertiary and secondary hospitals respec-tively.87.70% of hospitals performed conventional preoperative hair removal in abdominal surgery,the percentage of conventional depilation in secondary hospitals was higher than tertiary hospitals(93.67% vs 83.33%,χ2 =4.520,P =0.033).85.98% of hospitals selected blade-shaving,7.93% and 23.78% applied chemical depilation and electric depilation respectively.Most hospitals (98.17%)performed skin preparation in the wards,mainly by ward nurses (98.17%),and conducted on the day of surgery (56.10%).86.63%,29.95%,and 3.74% of hospi-tals used iodophor,iodine plus alcohol,and chlorhexidine respectively for disinfecting skin on operative field. 92.51% of hospitals used skin incision/surgical adhesive drape (74.57% used selectively).Conclusion Most hos-pitals in China conventionally perform preoperative hair removal in abdominal surgery,and the primary method for depilation is blade-shaving,nearly half of the hospitals performed depilation on the day of surgery.Iodophor is the major skin antiseptic,surgical adhesive drape is widely used,but it is utilized in limited types of surgery.
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Objective To investigate the incidence and risk factors for surgical site infection (SSI)in clean wound orthopedics surgery.Methods SSI among patients receiving clean wound orthopedic surgery from April 1 to Sep-tember 30 in 2014 were monitored,risk factors for SSI were analyzed.Results A total of 665 patients were moni-tored,14 cases(2.11 %)of SSI occurred.Univariate analysis showed that types of skin,skin preparation modes, and ASA score were risk factors for SSI in clean wound orthopedic surgery (all P <0.05 ).Multivariate logistic analysis revealed that conventional skin preparation,ASA score ≥ grade Ⅱ,and duration of operation ≥90 minutes were independent risk factors for SSI in patients receiving clean wound orthopedic surgery (OR [95%CI ],3.96 [1 .07-14.70],6.45[1 .97-21 .11],and 4.08[1 .35 -12.30]respectively).Conclusion The improved method of skin preparation,grade I ASA score,and shortening duration of operation can reduce the incidence of SSI in clean wound orthopedic surgery,on the basis of improving the autoimmunization of patients,strengthening prevention and control of healthcare-associated infection can reduce the incidence of SSI in clean wound orthopedic surgery.
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Objective To explore the effects of two lubricants on skin preparation from donor site in patients with skin flap transplantation. Methods According to digit number table, 83 patients undergoing wound repair using modified fascia flap were divided into observation group (n=41) and control group (n=42). The former group were treated with Johnson K-Y Lubricant, while the latter with talcum powder. The two groups were compared in terms of the skin flap quality from donor site, pain degree and number of bacteria before and after transplantation. Results There was no significant difference in bacteria number before and after transplantation in the two groups (P>0.05), but the difference between the groups was significant (P<0.01). The flap preparation quality in the observation group was significantly better than that of control group and the pain degree was significantly lower than that of observation group. Conclusion Johnson K-Y Lubricant can significantly improve flap preparation quality and reduce pain.
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Objective To explore whether apply selective perineal skin preparation or not is feasible for patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) before percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).Methods Divided patients with CHD before PCI into the experimental group (801 cases) and the control group(798 cases) according to the hospital number.Selective perineal skin preparation was used in the experimental group,while the right forearm skin preparation was used in all the patients in the control group.The rate of skin preparation and the care hours in the two groups were compared.Results The care hours of skin preparation in the experimental group was (5.58±0.30) h,which was significant shorter than that in the control group,(66.50±1.50) h,t=-1127.03,P＜0.05.Conclusions Before PCI,for patients with CHD,applying selective perineal skin preparation is feasible.It can not only reduce care labor,decrease nursing costs,but also relieve nurse-patient psychological pressure,cut back patients' expenses;and without percutaneous entrance infection.
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Background: Bacteria need to be eliminated for skin preparation in minor hand surgery. The standard method of skin preparation uses an antiseptic scrub and antiseptic solution, which is expensive and time-consuming. Objective: Design a “double-painted antiseptic application method”, and compare the effectiveness of eliminating bacteria at the area around the hand and wrist between the standard method and the double-painted antiseptic application method. Methods: This cross-over designed experimental study was performed on seven volunteers. The standard and the double-painted antiseptic application method were alternately used for skin preparation around the hand, wrist, and half of the forearm. The bacterial colony counts were collected before, immediately after, and at 45 minutes after skin preparation by using the modified glove-juice technique. The primary outcomes were the eradication rate and the number of bacterial colonies. Results: There was no statistical difference in bacterial colonies between either method before skin preparation. The median of bacterial colony counts immediately after and at 45 minutes after skin preparation were zero colony forming units per milliliter in both methods. The eradication rate was 61.5% and 76.9% in the standard and doublepainted antiseptic application method, respectively, for a risk difference of -15.4. There was no statistically significant difference (p=0.67). Conclusion: The number of bacterial colonies and eradication rate were not significantly different between either method. The double-painted antiseptic application method can be used instead of the standard method for the skin preparation in minor hand surgery, which has an expected duration of about 45 minutes or less.
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Objective To determine whether it is necessary to execute pre-labor pubic shaving.Methods Women(336 cases)who received pubic shaving through vaginal delivery from 2003 to 2006 were set as the control group.Women(103 cases)who were waiting for delivery currently in our hospital were set as the test group.The test group only received perineal cleaning without pubic shaving.If episiotomy was needed during the operation,the perineal hair Was cut by scissors.The perineum infectious rate and postpartal infection Was compared in the two groups.We interviewed the patients attitude for pubic shaving and counted the numing time used for pubic shaving.Results The perineal infection in the test group was 5.8%,which was no statistically different from that of the control group(2.4%),U=0.33,P＞0.05.Totally 95% women in the test group support this method demonstrated humanization.In the telephone folow-up visit for patients in the control group they comphined itch and discomfort during the regeneration of pubes.The average numing time for pubic shaving Was(4.6±0.6)minutes.Conclusions No pubic shaving for pre-labor skin preparation was feasible.If operation was disturbed by pubes we could use scissors to cut it short.This method could reduce the skin infection and propagation of blood-derived infectious disease.It increased the comfort of parturient,saved time and proved to be a nursing method of humanization.
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OBJECTIVE The two kinds of condition of infection on operation cuts because of different ways of skin preparation. METHODS Divide 530 patients of common surgery into two groups as casual: experiment group and comparison group. For experiment group, the method of using 2 h to clean the skin without shaving is chosen before operation, for comparison, taking the method of using 1 d and shaving. The culture of bacteria from the skin is done respectively before operation sterilization and the infection rate of operation cuts is found out. RESULTS The rate of bacteria and infection rate of operation cuts of experiment group are quite below those of the comparison group. CONCLUSIONS The method of using 2 h without shaving to clean the operation cuts is much better than that of using 1 d and shaving.