The Difference Of Effectiveness Between Chlorhexidine Gluconate Transparent Dressing 2% And Standard Transparent Dressing On Prevention Of Phlebitis In Dharmais Cancer Hospital, Jakarta
Nurhadi, Yunita Sari, Arif Imam Hidayat

Universitas Jenderal Soedirman

Abstract

Background: One of the infections acquired in the hospital is nosocomial infection. From the many nosocomial infections, phlebitis ranks first compared to the other infections. One of the factors that influence the occurrence of phlebitis is a dressing factor. The dressing that is usually used is a transparent dressing. There are transparent dressings which have CHG and some are standard dressing (no CHG). The aim of the study was to determine the difference of effectiveness between CHG transparent dressing and standard transparent dressing on prevention of phlebitis.
Methodology: This research was quasi-experimental design with a post-test only group design method. There were 23 people as the sample for each group using purposive sampling technique. The research instrument used the phlebitis observation sheet. Data analysis used chi square statistical test.
Results: The incidence of phlebitis between CHG transparent dressing as many as 1 respondent (4.3%) while standard transparent dressing as many as 7 respondents (30.4%). Both groups had significant differences in phlebitis scores between CHG dressing and standard dressing (p 0.047).
Conclusion: There is a significant difference between CHG transparent dressing and standard transparent dressing against the prevention of phlebitis, so the CHG dressing is more recommended as a dressing on the infusion.

Keywords: CHG Transparent Dressing, Standard Transparent Dressing, Phlebitis

Topic: Medical and Surgical Nursing