TY - JOUR
T1 - Daily change of an antiseptic dressing does not prevent infusion phlebitis
T2 - A controlled trial
AU - Leibovici, Leonard
AU - Nursing Staff, Department of Internal Medicine B, 015
PY - 1989/2
Y1 - 1989/2
N2 - We carried out a controlled, randomized study in which we compared the incidenceof infusion phlebitis in 83 patients whose povidone-iodine dressing over the infusion site was changed daily with a control group of 84 patients whose original dressing was left unchanged. Over 3 days the cumulative incidence of phlebitis in the study group was 60% and in the control group 59%. We conclude that the daily change of an antiseptic dressing does not reduce the risk of infusion phlebitis.
AB - We carried out a controlled, randomized study in which we compared the incidenceof infusion phlebitis in 83 patients whose povidone-iodine dressing over the infusion site was changed daily with a control group of 84 patients whose original dressing was left unchanged. Over 3 days the cumulative incidence of phlebitis in the study group was 60% and in the control group 59%. We conclude that the daily change of an antiseptic dressing does not reduce the risk of infusion phlebitis.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0196-6553(89)80008-2
DO - 10.1016/S0196-6553(89)80008-2
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C2 - 2646988
AN - SCOPUS:0024538072
SN - 0196-6553
VL - 17
SP - 23
EP - 25
JO - American Journal of Infection Control
JF - American Journal of Infection Control
IS - 1
ER -