• 성인간호학회지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.171-181
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• 2001

본 연구는 수술에 사용하는 생리식염수가 수술의 종류와 수술진행단계에 따른 오염수준을 파악하여 생리식염수의 적절한 교환시점과 교환방법을 제시하기 위하여 시도되었다. 1500 병상 규모의 대학병원에서 1명의 일반외과 의사가 집도한 37건의 수술을 대상으로 하였다. 37개의 수술 각각에서 피부 절개전, 장기절제 후, 그리고 피부 봉합시의 3 시점에서 수술에 사용된 생리식염수와 공기에 노출시킨 생리식염수에서 각각 50 mL의 생리식염수를 채취하여 얻은 균주의 수를 비교하였다. 공기에 노출시킨 생리식염수에 비해 수술에 사용된 생리식염수에서 균주가 보다 많이 검출된 것으로 나타났다. 특히 수술의 종류에 관계없이 수술 마지막 단계 즉 피부봉합 단계에서 수술에 사용된 생리식염수의 오염수준이 급격히 증가한 반면 공기에 노출시킨 생리식염수의 오염수준 변화는 미미했다. 수술에 사용한 생리식염수에서는 Enterococcus(9.5%), Enterobacter species(4.6%), E. col i(2.8%), Alcaligenes species(1.2%), Klebsiella species(0.9%) and Pasteurella multocida(0.8%) 등의 균주가 검출되었으나 공기에 노출시킨 생리식염수에서는 이러한 균종이 검출되지 않았다. 수술실의 공기가 수술에 사용하는 생리식염수의 오염요인으로 작용하기보다는 수술조직이 생리식염수의 오염요인으로 작용하는 것으로 사료된다. 특히 수술에 사용하는 생리식염수의 오염가능성을 최소화시키기 위해 수술소요 시간이 길어지거나 또는 오염 수술의 경우 절제부위가 봉합된 후에 수술에 사용하는 생리식염수, 생리식염수를 담는 용기 및 봉합에 이용되는 봉합감자 등을 새로이 준비하여 피부 봉합에 이용해야 할 것으로 사료된다.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.467-476
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• 2004

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify the effect of the exchange of saline used in surgical procedures on surgical site infections. Method: Patients with stomach cancer were assigned to the experimental group or to the control group by random sampling, respectively. The experimental group received an exchange of saline during the operation right after the excision of the stomach in a gastrectomy but the control group did not. Data were collected from the medical charts of 34 patients from Dec. 1, 2002 through May 31, 2003. Result: The surgical site infection rate of the experimental group was 5.9% while surgical site infection rate of the control group was 17.6%. In total, the surgical site infection rate was 11.8%. The experimental group maintained a normal level of WBC on post operative day 3; however, the control group, showed an increase of WBC on post operative day 3. Conclusion: The exchange of saline used in an operation immediately after the excision of the stomach in a gastrectomy decreases the contamination level of saline used in the operation, and can prevent surgical patients from a surgical site infection.

• 대한간호학회지
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.99-109
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• 1995

Post-operative wound infections have been the serious problems in nursing care in the operating room and appear to be strongly related to the infection occurring during the operation. The purpose of this study is to identify the level of contamination in saline used in the operation and also examine the correlation between the contaminated saline and the length of the operation, and unclean atmospheric factor. Subjects for this study include 13 cases of operation performed at the operative theatre of a hospital in Seoul area. Test samples and related data were collected from this medical facility between Oct. 6 through Dec. 10, 1994 by the author and anurse who worked in the operating room. For the study, multiple batches of saline sample were collected at the various time intervals duringthe operation and filtered through the membrane filters. Viable microorganisms retained on the filters were cultured on the appropriate culture media and the levels of existing cells in saline were enumerated according to Koch's method. In the analyses of the data, Pearson's correlation coefficient was obtained for the examination of relationship between the length of operation and numbers of microorganisms existing in saline and for the comparison of the differences in numbers if microrganisms in saline sample collected at the various operative stages, e. g. pre-incision, excision and skin suturing stages, ANOVA and Scheff Tests were performed. The results of this study are summarized as follows. 1) The lenth of the operation and numbers of microorganisms in the saline used in the operation appeared to be significantly correlated (r=0.5467, P<0,001). 2) In case of saline exposed to air, but not used in the operation, the length of exposure to the air and the numbers of microorganisms present in saline also showed an apparent correlation(r=0.5087, P<0. 001). 3) The frequencies of occurrence of microorganisms in saline used in the operation and in saline exposed only to the air in the given time showed significant differences(t=3.73, p=.0000). 4) In case of saline used in the operation, there is significant differences in its numbers of contained microorganisms between the operative stages ; pre-incision, excision, and skin suture (F=17.7500, p=.0000). 5) In case of saline exposed only to the air in the given time, there is significant differences in its numbers of contained microorganisms between the operative stages . pre-incision, excision, and skin suture(F=6.3807, p=.00031).