米国病院における呼吸療法士主導の皮膚障害予防プロトコルの活用
Ankeet Patel1, Lauren Harnois2, Ryan Schertz2
1Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital, Winfield, IL.
Advances in skin & wound care
|December 30, 2025
まとめ
多くの病院では、呼吸療法士主導のプロトコルを使用して、呼吸デバイスによる皮膚障害を予防しています。これらのプロトコルは、デバイス関連の圧迫による損傷を減らし、患者のケアと安全性を向上させるのに役立ちます。
科学分野:
- ヘルスケアマネジメント; 患者安全; 呼吸ケア
背景:
- 呼吸療法士(RT)は呼吸補助デバイスを管理しており、院内圧迫創傷のリスクを高めます。; 予防的皮膚対策は、デバイス関連の皮膚障害を軽減するために不可欠です。; これらの損傷を予防するための現在の慣行を理解することは、患者の転帰を改善するために不可欠です。
研究 の 目的:
- 米国病院における呼吸デバイス関連の皮膚損傷を予防するための呼吸療法士主導のプロトコルの普及率を評価すること。; 皮膚完全性イニシアチブおよび委員会へのRTの関与の程度を特定すること。
主な方法:
- 2023年3月から5月にかけて、米国の病院を対象に、記述的、横断的なオンライン調査を実施しました。; 収集されたデータには、病院の設定、皮膚委員会へのRTの関与、および皮膚障害予防のための部門イニシアチブが含まれていました。; 呼吸療法部門内のさまざまな役割を代表する100人の参加者が調査を完了しました。
主要な成果:
- 63%のRT部門には、呼吸デバイス関連の皮膚障害を予防するためのプロトコルがあります。; 77%の施設が病院全体の皮膚委員会と協力しており、80%が関連イニシアチブに関与しています。; 41%が過去1年間に呼吸デバイス関連の皮膚障害の発生が5件以下であったと報告しました。
結論:
- 調査対象病院の約3分の2が、呼吸デバイス関連の皮膚障害を予防するためにRT主導のプロトコルを利用しています。; 回答者の約半数は、皮膚障害の発生をレビューすることを専門とする内部RT委員会を設置しています。
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