Research in modification of preoperative vaginal preparations for gynecologic surgery / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To compare the clinical effect of povidone-iedine cream plus vagina scrubbing with traditional preoperative vaginal preparation method in order to seek a more safe,effective,convenient and efficient method to prepare the vagina.Methods 100 cases of married patients undergoing elective gynecological surgery were divided into the observation group and the control group with 50 patients in each.The observation group adopted povidone-iodine cream plus vagina scrubbing and the control group used traditional method.Two groups were prepared in the vagina before and after taking cervical swabs for bacterial culture to compare the positive rate of bacterial culture.Results Intra-group comparison of vaginal bacterial culture before and after vaginal preparation was significantly different,but no statistical significance was seen between the two groups.Conclusions Vagina preparation with povidoneiodine cream plus vagina scrubbing can not only reduce the workload of nurses but also improve patient comfort degree.