| dc.description.abstract | Abstract: Introduction:
Commonly, Peripheral Venous Catheters (PVC) are used to administer intravenous
medication rapidly and meticulously in hospitals. Although PVCs have many advantages,
they provide an entrance for microorganisms. PVCs associated complications include
thrombophlebitis, sepsis, hematoma and infiltration. Sepsis is the most dangerous health
care-associated infections. Thrombophlebitis is the most common complication of a
Peripheral Venous catheter (PVC).More than 80% of the people receiving intravenous
fluids develop some degree of phlebitis, which can be prevented by saline or heparin
flush. Many studies have shown that saline solution is an effective and inexpensive
solution with the least complications; but the amount and the frequency of saline solution
use is controversial.
Materials and Methods:
This study was a randomized single-blind controlled clinical trial. A total of 210
participants were selected from the patients hospitalized in Shohada Hospital and Imam
Reza Hospital in Tabriz [IRAN]. Participants were randomly assigned computer numbers
in a sequential manner, two groups of intervention (group one: 70, an intervention every
8 hour and the second group: 70, an intervention every 12 hours) and a control group (70)
with allocation ratio of 1: 1: 1. A questioner was used as the data collection method. First,
a pre-test was carried out among each of the three groups to assess the catheter insertion
site to record any complication according to an observation checklist. Then, 24, 48, and
72 hours after the pre-test, the catheter site wasre-assessed by a trained nurse according
to the observation checklist.
Results:
Based on the findings, the incidence of phlebitis after 72 hours in the first intervention
group was 8.6%, in the second intervention group was 15.7% and in the control group was
37.1%. Using Chi-square test showed that there was a significant difference in the
occurrence of phlebitis among the study groups (p <0.001) Also, the patency of canola
was assessed after 72 hours; in the first intervention group 92.9%, in the secondintervention group 88.6% and in the control group 65.7% was patent; demonstrating a
significant difference between the two groups statistically (p <0.001) | en_US |
