Venous Catheter Infection in Malignancy Patients and Its Countermeasures
- VernacularTitle:恶性肿瘤患者静脉置管感染的分析与对策
- Author:
Hongyan ZHAI
;
Jianhong AI
;
Jing JIANG
;
Aili WU
;
Guoquan WANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Central venous catheter;
Malignancy;
Prevention of infection;
Management
- From:
Chinese Journal of Nosocomiology
2009;0(15):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVE To make the patients using the central venous catheter safely when given chemotherapy and intravenous nutritional therapy,and to decrease the catheter infection by establishing effective infection-preventing systems. METHODS Many infection-preventing actions were carried out,including a three-level management,improving the workers′ training in catheter operation and maintenance,and health education. RESULTS Comparing with the matched group,the infection rate of the experimental group was much lower after the actions.The actions prevented the increase of infection effectively. CONCLUSIONS Building and carrying out the systems are proved to be important measures to decrease the catheter infection and ensure the quality of life among patients during the therapy in hospital.
