ObjectiveTo compare the clinical efficacy between moisture healing therapy and multi-source therapeutic apparatus in the management of skin damage. MethodsFrom January 2012 to May 2014, 48 patients with 66 skin damages were divided into observation group (26 patients with 35 damages) and control group (22 patients with 31 damages) based on their informed consent and their own willing to choose the treatment methods. Patients in the observation group were treated with moisture dressings, while those in the control group received exposed treatment through multi-source therapeutic apparatus. Then, we compared the groups in terms of secondary infection rate, pain score, and healing time. ResultsThe secondary infection rate of the observation group was 2.9%, significantly lower than that of the control group (19.4%) (P<0.05). Grade Ⅱ and Ⅲ pain rate of the observation group was significantly lower than that of the control group (P<0.05). The damage healing time of the face, body and limbs was (10.0±1.3), (13.0±1.4), and (15±1.67) days, respectively, in the observation group, which was significantly shorter those in the control group [(16.0±2.6), (21.0±2.5), and (24.0±2.4) days] (P<0.05). ConclusionMoisture healing therapy can improve the eradication of necrotic tissue and dry gangrene, reduce the risk of infection and relieve pain of the patients as well as promote healing process and reduce the formation of scar by promoting regeneration of granulation and epithelium, which is worth clinical popularizing.
ObjectiveTo understand the status of the nurse facial skin damage because of regular exposure to a variety of environmental damage factors, in order to cause enough attention and find the solution. MethodsBetween January 2013 and June 2014, we used a self-made questionnaire to survey 122 operating room nurses from grade three first-rate hospitals by random sampling on the facial skin damage status. Then, we analyzed the risk factors of operating room nurses facial skin damage and put forward such countermeasures as improving working environment, increasing service facilities, reducing pollution and biological, chemical, psychological factors, and selecting and using surgical masks properly and promoting facial skin protective measures. ResultsThe survey showed that 93.3% of all the investigated operating room nurses had facial skin problems which mainly was rough dry skin (99.2%); 76.7% of the nurses thought that it was related to the nature of work, and 72.5% of them considered that metal fatigue was the main influence factor. ConclusionWe should strengthen the nurses’ own protection consciousness, enact all kinds of protective measures, strictly implement the system of protection and take effective protective measures as to reduce the operating room nurses facial skin damage.