The effect Povidon iodine 10% with Chlorhexidine 2% on the event of catheter associated urinary track infection (CAUTI) in Uretra care

Abstract

Background

One of the HAIs that often occurs is CAUTI, which is an infection that occurs as a result of catheter placement when the patient is admitted to a health facility. The role of nurses as providers of nursing care for patients who have catheters attached to prevent CAUTI is to perform urethral treatment. One of them uses Povidon Iodine 10% with Chlorhexidine 2%.

Method

The type of research used is Quasy Experimental with a pretest-posttest control group design. This study arranged two groups, namely the intervention group and control. Technique Non probability sampling with method was consecutive sampling used to get 32 respondents divided into 2 groups.

Results

The results Mann Witney test show values p value 0.001 which means that there is a significant difference between the intervention groups and control.

Conclusion

The results of the study after giving intervention there was a difference between the use of Povidon Iodine and 10% with Chlorhexidine 2% on the incidence of urethral infection, so that the treatment was effectively implemented for patients to prevent the occurrence of Catheter Associated Urinary Track Infection (CAUTI) especially patients using catheters.