UNAIR NEWS –听“Nosocomial”聽refers to the illness experienced by patients during the treatment and healing process at the hospital.听Based on the WHO study, in 2002 there were 1.4 million patients worldwide who developed聽nosocomial聽infections聽.
Southeast Asia became the聽second largest聽area with nosocomial聽disease with a percentage of 10%, and 75% of it is in developing countries.听Indonesia as a developing country with the second largest population in Asia, has great potential as a country with the spread of聽high聽nosocomial聽infections聽.
According to WHO,聽the highest聽nosocomial聽infection聽occurs in the Emergency Unit (ER), acute surgical treatment, and orthopedic wards.听This infection is also prone to occur in the radiology unit.听On a聽general x-ray聽examination, one of the equipments required to capture the image is a tape or IR (聽Image Receptor听).
“During my practice at the hospital, I found many patients with bodily injuries and blood need聽roentgen聽photographs聽.听Cassettes as catchers of images that are used interchangeably are often exposed to blood and body fluids of the patient, because the object must be attached, “said Alifatus Wahyu Nur Ma’rifah, a radiology research student at 东京热.
In fact, citing the results of Swain and Flinton research, 33% of the radiographic tapes that have been used in diagnostic imaging were contaminated with potential pathogens, one which is often identified as聽Staphylococcus aureus.
From that problem, Alifatus Wahyu and two friends in D4 Radiology Department, Department of Health Faculty of Vocational Studies , Ali Mustofa and Ayub Manggala Putra, developed a tool that can protect the tape from patient body fluid.
This success is then they written in the proposal in the Student Creativity Program, invention category (PKM-KC).听With guidance from dr.听Lailatul Muqmiroh, Sp.Rad (K), a lecturer of Radiology Department of the Department of Health, Faculty of Vocational Studies UNAIR, the proposal passed the selection and was entitled to development funding from the Ministry of Research Technology and Higher Education (Kemenristekdikti) in PKM program 2018.
“We named this innovation with the聽滨搁听笔谤辞迟别肠迟辞谤听,”聽added Alifatus.
The tool for a radiographic tape protector is made of a transparent plastic material with a thickness of 0.13 mm.听The IR Protector is designed with an opening to minimize the body fluid that enters the cassette.听It is聽disposable聽use, which is a tool used for one patient.
“We have tested this tool and our IR Protector does not interfere with the image results,” Ali Mustofa added.
Ayub Manggala Putera, a member of this PKM-KC group, said that the design (figure 1) and the selection of materials is able to minimize the risk of聽nosocomial聽infection聽occurring in the radiology unit.听(*)
Editor: Bambang Bes
