At the Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Ya-Hui Chen, BSN, RN, is Head Nurse and Hui-Ling Hsieh, MSN, RN, is Assistant Department Head. Whei-Mei Shih, PhD, RN, is Associate Professor, Graduate Institute of Gerontology and Health Care Management, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology. Acknowledgments: The authors thank Chang Gung Memorial Hospital for grant support (Grant number: CMRPG3F1891). The authors are also grateful to the patients who participated in this study. The barrier film used in this study was purchased with the research fund provided by the hospital per specified procedures. The authors have disclosed no financial relationships related to this article. Submitted February 25, 2020; accepted in revised form April 20, 2020.
Adv Skin Wound Care. 2020 Nov;33(11):582-586. doi: 10.1097/01.ASW.0000717208.20481.a0.
To examine and compare different methods of dressing change on skin tears at the periductal wound for ICU patients with central venous catheterization (CVC).
This research used a quasi-experimental design. Participants included 98 patients from the ICU of a medical center in Taiwan using a convenience sampling technique from April 1, 2017 to March 31, 2018.
Applying skin barrier film at the CVC insertion site effectively protected the skin and significantly reduced the risk of skin tears among ICU patients (P < .01).
This study showed that use of skin barrier film at the site of CVC insertion can increase skin strength, maintain skin integrity, and decrease the incidence of skin tears. Skin barrier film is thus recommended for routine use in peripheral skin care for patients receiving CVC.
探讨和比较 ICU 患者经中心静脉置管(CVC)后,在导管周围伤口的窦道处进行不同换药方法对皮肤撕裂的影响。
本研究采用类实验设计。参与者为 2017 年 4 月 1 日至 2018 年 3 月 31 日期间,采用便利抽样技术,从台湾一家医学中心的 ICU 中选取了 98 名患者。
在 CVC 插入部位应用皮肤屏障膜能有效保护皮肤,显著降低 ICU 患者皮肤撕裂的风险(P<0.01)。
本研究表明,在 CVC 插入部位使用皮肤屏障膜可以增加皮肤强度,保持皮肤完整性,降低皮肤撕裂的发生率。因此,建议将皮肤屏障膜常规用于接受 CVC 治疗的患者的外周皮肤护理。