Effect on reducing infections complications among chemotherapy patients

Abstract

Background: A totally implantable venous access device (TIVAD) is safe, long-lasting, effective, and convenient. The patients can use it for the administration of chemotherapy medications.Objective: Evaluate the effectiveness of nursing guideline (NG) for implanted portal catheters (IPC) in reducing Infections Complications (IC) among chemotherapy patients (CP) at Minia Oncology Center (MOC). Sample:A purposive sampling of 70 adult patients who connected with portal catheter (PC). Tools: 2 tools: First Tool: Patient Health Assessment (PHA) included 2 parts. First Part: Patient Demographic Data (PDD). Second Part: Patient's Medical Data. 2nd Tool: Portal Catheter Infections Complications Observation Checklist. Results More than half of the intervention group (IG). There was a lower percentage of renal diseases and hypertension among the IG. It was noticed that there was a highly significant correlation between local infection (LI) and the number of chemotherapy sessions per week among IG. Conclusion: The present finding concludes that adhering to NG was the reason for the IG's lower percentage of IC than the CG's. Recommendations: To generalize the findings, the current study should be repeated using an additional probability sample for various geographical areas.