Background :Cancer is a leading cause of death among children and adolescents around the world. Approximately 300,000 child aged 0 to 19 years old are diagnosed with cancer each year. The main mode of treatment for pediatric cancer is Antineoplastic chemotherapy. The pediatric oncology nurse has a realistic opportunity to assess the home safety precautions that are followed by children’s caregivers during the first few days after administration of chemotherapy. Objective: Identify the home safety precautions to be followed by the caregivers during the week after administration of chemotherapy for children. Design: A descriptive research design was employed to accomplish this study. Method A convenient sample of 200 caregivers attending the hematology/oncology outpatient clinic at University Specialty Hospital with their children for scheduled follow up was included. Two tools were used to collect data. They include sociodemographic clinical characteristics of children and their caregivers' structured interview schedule in addition to and assessment checklist of home safety precautions followed by the caregivers during the week after administration of chemotherapy to their children. Data was collected over a period of five months starting from the beginning of August to the end of December 2019. Results: Seventy-nine and half percent of caregivers did not use the Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). In addition to, 93.5% of them poorly handled the spills and splashes of body fluids. As well, 97.5% did not safely handle trash and laundry. Conclusion Caregivers had poor total practice score related to the home safety precautions that are followed by them during the week after administration of chemotherapy to their children.
Elsharkawy, A., & Abouheiba, M. (2021). Home Safety Precautions the Week after Administration of Chemotherapy for Children. Egyptian Journal of Health Care, 12(3), 240-259. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2021.190061
MLA
Awatif Elsharkawy; Marwa Abouheiba. "Home Safety Precautions the Week after Administration of Chemotherapy for Children". Egyptian Journal of Health Care, 12, 3, 2021, 240-259. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2021.190061
HARVARD
Elsharkawy, A., Abouheiba, M. (2021). 'Home Safety Precautions the Week after Administration of Chemotherapy for Children', Egyptian Journal of Health Care, 12(3), pp. 240-259. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2021.190061
VANCOUVER
Elsharkawy, A., Abouheiba, M. Home Safety Precautions the Week after Administration of Chemotherapy for Children. Egyptian Journal of Health Care, 2021; 12(3): 240-259. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2021.190061
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