Hand carrier status of ICU patients and comparison of different cleaning methods
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-2907.2011.29.036
- VernacularTitle:重症监护病房患者手部带菌不同清洁方法的效果比较
- Author:
Xue-Hua CUI
1
;
Xu-Hui KONG
;
Ling WANG
;
Jin-Hua HUANG
Author Information
1. 江苏省泰州市人民医院
- Keywords:
ICU;
Patients;
Hand carrier;
Cleaning methods
- From:
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing
2011;17(29):3562-3563
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To understand the hand carrier status of 1CU patients and comparison of different cleaning methods,and to explore the effective intervening measure.Methods 150 patients received treatments in ICU from July to December in 2010 were randomly divided into washing hand group,disinfecting hand group,wiping hand group,each group had 50 cases,the samples were collected before and after washing hand,disinfecting and wiping hand,the quantity of bacteria in hands were compared before and after cleaning.Results The ICU patients' hands had a large quantity bacteria,and more pathogens,the hand carrier status in washing hand group before and after cleaning had statistically different( x2 =56.17,P ＜ 0.01 ),the same to the disinfecting hand group and wiping hand group( P ＜ 0.01 ),commodities of patients with different quantity bacteria in hands had the different bacteria carrier status ( x2 =50.917,P ＜ 0.01 ).Patients in three groups did hand-washing two times a day had smaller quantity bacteria in hands than did it one time a day(P ＜0.01 ),the effect of washing hand two times a day and disinfecting haod were better than wiping hand ( P ＜ 0.01 ).Conclusions Paying attention to patients' hand cleaning in ICU,washing hand two times a day or disinfecting hand in [CU plays an important role in controlling infection.
