Construction and application of cluster strategy for oral care for patients with oral tracheal intubation
Zeng Tieying
Wen Miaomiao
Zhao Meizhen
Abstract：Objective:To explore the effect of cluster strategy for oral care for patients with oral tracheal intubation.Methods:The preoperative trial of 20 patients with oral tracheal intubation was performed by action research.A total of 140 cases of patients with oral tracheal intubation and routine oral care treated by ICU in our hospital from October 2014 to March 2015 were selected as control group.From May to September 2015,a total of 140 patients with oral tracheal intubation receiving cluster oral care and treated in ICU were selected as the intervention group.The patients were assessed the oral hygiene condition from aspects of bad breath,oral pollution degree and dental plaque index.The feasibility was assessed through the nurses'' interview,and the safety was assessed by the incidence of unsafe incidents.Results:The scores of bad breath,oral pollution degree and dental plaque index in intervention group were lower than those in control group(P<0.05).Most nurses gave a certainty to the feasibility of the cluster strategy.Only two patients had aspiration and cough.Conclusions:The application of cluster strategy for oral care could improve the oral hygiene condition of patients with oral tracheal intubation and improve the attention degree of ICU nurses'' to the oral care of critically ill patients.
Keywords：tracheal intubationoral carecluster strategyaction researchevidence-based nursingoral hygiene condition
Publication Date：2017-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：5( 3114-3118 )