Abstract:
OBJECTIVE To explore the relation of local bacteria quantity and the incidence of infections after rinsing open fracture wound with different doses of rinses, and to provide reference for the selection of dose of open fracture wound rinses.
METHODS A total of 87 patients with open fractures admitted in our hospital were selected from May 2014 to May 2015. They were given mixed configuration of normal saline and iodine with the proportion of 2-1 ratio to wash the wound. When the washing volumes are 1L, 2L, 4L and 5 L, local wound tissue was collected to carry out bacterial culture, and late infection of the wound tissue was observed.
RESULTS The positive rate of bacteria for the culture of the wound tissue of the 87 patients before rinsing and rinsing with the volume of 1L, 2L, 4L and 5 L was respectively: 87.36%, 41.38%, 12.64%, 4.60% and 3.45%, and the wound specimens were respectively cultured positive in 218, 88, 40, 9 and 8 patients. The positive rate and CFU/cm
2 were both: before rinsing>1L rinsing dose>2 L rinsing dose>4 L rinsing dose>5 L rinsing dose. The comparative differences were all significant (
P<0.05). The positive rate of Gustily classification in patients with type II and type III before rinsing were 85.71% and 88.89% respectively; for 1L rinsing dose were 38.10% and 44.44%; for 2L rinsing dose were 7.14% and 22.22%; for 4L rinsing dose were 2.38% and 6.67%; for 5L rinsing dose were 2.38% and 4.44%. The positive rate of bacteria for the culture of the wound tissue and CFU/ cm
2 in patients with type II and type III were: before rinsing>1 L rinsing dose>2 L rinsing dose>4 L rinsing dose>5 L rinsing dose, and comparative differences were significant (
P<0.05); the infection rate for patients with late wound was 3.45%.
CONCLUSION Rinses for open fractures can effectively reduce the bacteria of the wound and the incidence of infections, and the best rinsing dose for Gustily type II patients is 2 L, and 4 L around for type III patients.