Pemanfaatan Kompres Ekstrak Lidah Buayapada Pasien Phlebitis untuk Mengurangi Biaya Perawatandi Rumah Sakit

Abstract

Economic level of the people of Indonesia who were treated at the hospital most of the medium. Treated patients often experience phlebitis (inflammation of blood vessels) and for hospital care often use the expensive ointment throbophop. On the other hand, people often use to cope with aloe vera skin inflammation. This study aims to determine the effect of aloe vera extract compress toward healing phlebitis. Method using the True Experiment Research, design Randomized Control Group Pre Test - Post Test Design. The research sample simple random sampling. Compress the aloe vera extract and 70% alcohol as a comparison performed for 20 minutes 3 times a day, intervals of at least 5 hours for 3 days witha= 0,05. Statistical tests using the Mann Whitney U Test and Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test, with the study found that an extract of aloe vera (aloe vera) decreases the level of third-phlebitis in 8 hours after administration compress, compress while giving 70% alcohol can reduce the level of the fourth phlebitis in 8 hours after administration of it demonstrates that compresses aloe vera has therapeutic and healing effects plebitis compresses faster than 70% alcohol. Extracts of aloe vera can be used as a substitute thrombophop phlebitis therapy so that treatment costs are lighter