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Fewer patients dislodged peripheral intravenous catheters with transparent dressings than with gauze dressings

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebn.1.3.81

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    Tripepi-Bova KA, Woods KD, Loach MC. A comparison of transparent polyurethane and dry gauze dressings for peripheral IV catheter sites: rates of phlebitis, infiltration, and dislodgment by patients. Am J Crit Care1997 Sep;6:377–81.

    Question Compared with gauze dressings, can transparent polyurethane dressings (TPDs) reduce patient dislodgment of peripheral intravenous (IV) catheters, phlebitis, and insertion site infiltration?

    Design

    Randomised controlled trial.

    Setting

    6 units (medical and surgical) in a 1000 bed national referral centre in Cleveland, Ohio, USA.

    Patients

    229 adult patients admitted between January 1994 and June 1995 with a physician prescription for initiation of peripheral IV treatment in a forearm vein. Exclusion criteria were <18 years old, evidence of thrombocytopenia or immunosuppression, or pregnancy.

    Intervention

    108 patients were allocated to TPDs (Opsite, Smith and Nephew, Quebec, Canada) and 121 …

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    • Source of funding: The Cleveland Clinic Foundation.

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