Developing an Atlas to Teach Nurses to Clean Micro-instruments Used in Cataract Surgery: Effect on Patient Safety

NCT ID: NCT02867189

Last Updated: 2016-08-15

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

120 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2015-09-30

Study Completion Date

2015-10-31

Brief Summary

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Aims and objectives The purpose of this study was to develop an atlas to explore the effect of micro-instrument cleaning on the safety of cataract surgery.

Background Cataract surgery safety is affected by many factors, the most influential of which is the quality of instrument cleaning. Previous studies focused on the reaction in the eye after cataract surgery. None offered a solution for manually cleaning ophthalmic micro-instruments or response data for surgical instruments after cataract surgery.

Design The study was designed to collect quantitative data derived from postoperative ocular evaluation.

Methods We developed an atlas that details micro-instrument cleaning that could be used to train nurses to have this skill. A total of 120 cataract patients were divided evenly into experimental and control groups. In the experimental group, cataract surgery was undertaken using microsurgical instruments that were cleaned by the atlas-trained nurses. In the control group, micro-instruments were used that had been cleaned by non-atlas-trained nurses. All the patients underwent the same postoperative tests: anterior chamber cell counts and visual and intraocular pressures on postoperative days (PODs) 1, 3, 7, and 14.

Detailed Description

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A single surgeon conducted all of the surgery and follow-up all patients

Conditions

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Cataract

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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atlas of micro-instrument

anterior chamber cell counts and visual and intraocular pressures on postoperative days 1,3,7,14 by atlas of micro-instrument training method.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

atlas of micro-instrument

Intervention Type OTHER

Nurses after training can improve the instrument cleaning quality, reduce the reaction after cataract surgery

traditional training

anterior chamber cell counts and visual and intraocular pressures on postoperative days1,3,7,14 by traditional training method.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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atlas of micro-instrument

Nurses after training can improve the instrument cleaning quality, reduce the reaction after cataract surgery

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Cataract patients

Exclusion Criteria

* Patients with metabolic disease, immune disease, and/or retinopathy were not included in this study.
Minimum Eligible Age

60 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

88 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Hua Liu

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Hua Liu

charge of nursing department

Responsibility Role SPONSOR_INVESTIGATOR

Other Identifiers

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Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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