• J Nurs Care Qual · Oct 2011

    Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study

    Comparative safety and costs of transparent versus gauze wound dressings in intravenous catheterization.

    • Rosa Maria Chico-Padrón, Laura Carrión-García, Lorena Delle-Vedove-Rosales, Carlos S González-Vargas, Mónica Marrero-Perera, Sergio Medina-Chico, Maria P Rodríguez-Díaz, Montserrat Alonso-Díaz, and Alejandro Jiménez-Sosa.
    • Servicio de Formación, Investigación y Calidad de Enfermería, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Tenerife, Spain.
    • J Nurs Care Qual. 2011 Oct 1;26(4):371-6.

    AbstractThe type of dressing selected for intravascular catheters may influence costs and complications. We carried out a clinical trial to compare the safety and costs of transparent and gauze dressings. We did not find differences in complication rates between transparent (34.1%) and gauze (26.5%) dressings (P = .62). The total cost per patient was $24.82 for transparent and $38.85 for gauze. The results indicate similar safety but increased cost associated with gauze dressings.

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