ABSTRACT: Infections in
neonates in Indonesia was still high. One type of infection that often occurs
in neonates are Tetanus Neonatorum. These infections can occur because the
umbilical cord care is not clean. Many studies have shown that the use of
colostrum can accelerate umbilical cord separation time, but colostrum is still
rarely used to treat the umbilical cord. The method most commonly used is dry
gauze. Therefore, researcher wanted to compare the effectiveness of both
methods. This study aims to prove the difference in long separation umbilical
cord using the method of colostrum compared with dry gauze method. This type of
research is a true experiment with the technique of sampling is simple random
sampling. Approach time prospectively. The data collection by conducting
observations of the newborn. The analysis used is test "t" 2n
independent. The study was conducted on 40 infants born with gestational age
between 38-42 weeks and birth weight between 2500-4000 g without congenital
defects. 20 infants were treated with the method of colostrum and 20 infants
treated with dry gauze method. The umbilical cord separation time in infants
who were treated using colostrum (94.23 hours)was faster than those treated
with dry gauze (128.94 hours). The differences mean of umbilical cord
separation time between the two methods was 34.71 hours. Fastest time of the
umbilical cord separation time in the colostrum group was 54.83 hours and late
time is 170.50 hours, whereas the fastest time of the umbilical cord separation
on dry gauze group was 77.00 hours and late time was 231.67 hours. There was a
significantly difference of the umbilical cord detachemant time between the
treatment groups (p = 0.006). Colostrum can be used effectively and safely to
treat the umbilical cord.
Key words: umbilical cord
separation time, colostrum, dry gauze
Penulis: Ika
Sofiana, Ely Eko Agustina
Kode Jurnal: jpkebidanandd110003
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