TY  - JOUR
TI  - Pediatric Neutropenic Patients Care in Turkey
AB  - Objective: Infection is a common complication in children with malignancies. There is no consistent guidance for environmental infectioncontrol and isolation precautions for neutropenic patients (NP). Thereare differences between centers. The aim of this questionnaire study wasto determine these differences in Turkey.Material and Methods: A multicenter-descriptive questionnaire wasconducted on 36 centers from different geografical locations of Turkey.Bone marrow transplantation units were excluded. Each center was contacted at least three-times. Questionnaire was answered by two differentdoctors from each center.Results: Thirty-six centers including 20 (55.5%) University Hospitals, 12(%33.3) Research Hospitals, three (8.3%) State Hospital and one PrivateUniversity Hospital participated in this survey. 94.3% of the centers had abed capacity of 50 beds and over. Twenty-one (58.3%) centers had pediatric infection ward that followed febrile NP. All centers had an infectioncontrol committee. 25% (9/36) of the centers always followed pediatricneutropenic fever patients in a single room. 66.6% (24/36) of the centershad toilet in all patients’ room. The door features of patients’ room included mostly (94.1%, 32/34) manually opened door. Ten (27.7%) centers hadhepa filter system, five of them had positive-negative pressure room.Thirteen (38.2%, 13/34) centers prefered hickmann catheter for accessing a patient’s central line. Training was given for catheteter care in allcenters. Sixteen (44.4%) centers had determined policies about keepingtoys in patient rooms. Visitor restrictions were performed in all centers.None of the centers allowed plants or flowers in hospital rooms. Therewas a neutropenic diet specific for pediatric NP provided in twenty-seven centers (75%).Conclusion: The prevention and control of infection contributes to theimprovement of the prognosis of patients with hematological malignancies. Physicians must be aware of the infection risks and take precautionsfor infectious complications through the neutropenic period and standard protocols should be established and implemented for patients withhematological malignancies.
AU  - yağcı-küpeli, begül
AU  - Özen, Metehan
AU  - gülhan, belgin
AU  - Ozkaya Parlakay, Aslinur
AU  - Tanır, Gönül
AU  - Çiftçi, Ergin
AU  - Aldemir Kocabaş, Bilge
AU  - Belet, Nurşen
AU  - devrim, ilker
AU  - Tapisiz, Anil
AU  - Büyükcam, Ayşe
AU  - Gayretli Aydin, Zeynep Gokce
AU  - ÖNCEL, Selim
AU  - Yasa, Olcay
AU  - Erdeniz, Emine Hafize
AU  - ŞENSOY, S. Gülnar
AU  - Albayrak, Eda
AU  - Koksal, Yavuz
AU  - Çelik, Taylan
AU  - Celebi, Solmaz
AU  - Bayhan, Gulsum Iclal
AU  - CAMCIOGLU, YILDIZ
AU  - Bayram, Nuri
AU  - CELIK, MELDA
AU  - SOMER, AYPER
AU  - kocabas, emine
AU  - KARA, Ahu
AU  - dalgıç, nazan
AU  - çelik, ümit
AU  - öz, fatma nur
AU  - Köşker, Muhammet
AU  - TEZER, HASAN
AU  - Kara, Ates
AU  - Yoruk, Asim
AU  - sutcu, murat
AU  - ERDURAN, EROL
AU  - Özkasap, Serdar
AU  - YILMAZ ÇIFTDOGAN, DILEK
AU  - çay, ümmühan
AU  - KARBUZ, ADEM
AU  - Sener Okur, Dicle
AU  - vardar, fadil
AU  - Budan Caliskan, Ayse Bahar
AU  - hatipoglu, nevin
AU  - ERGÜVEN, MÜFERET
AU  - Şİraneci, Rengin
AU  - CEYLAN, ÖZGÜR
AU  - ELMAS BOZDEMIR, SEFİKA
AU  - HATİPOĞLU, Sami
AU  - Altuner Torun, yasemin
AU  - ARISOY, Emin Sami
AU  - Bedir Demirdag, Tugba
AU  - METIN, OZGE
AU  - Soysal, Ahmet
AU  - akaslan kara, aybüke
AU  - Türkkan, Emine
DO  - 10.5578/ced.68192
PY  - 2019
JO  - Çocuk Enfeksiyon Dergisi
VL  - 13
IS  - 4
SN  - 1307-1068
SP  - 141
EP  - 146
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/376635
ER  -