Hygiene

Question 1

How do we wash our patients?

Answer 1

Start from the least contaminated to the most contaminated.

Question 2

Why don’t we use powder when cleaning the perineal area?

Answer 2

Powder is a medium for bacterial growth

Question 3

What position should we put the bed when giving a bath?

Answer 3

At a comfortable working height for us

Question 4

How would you wash a clients face?

Answer 4

Start from the inner corner of the eye and move outward.. then turn the wipe to the other side before washing the other eye.

Question 5

How do you remove and put back dentures?

Answer 5

We remove by pulling up on the bottom one.. and then using gentle force and a rocking motion to pull down the top one

We put back top one first then bottom one last

Question 6

When making an unoccupied bed, if a fitted sheet is not available, what can we use instead?

Answer 6

2 flat sheet

Question 7

How would you change the bed linen if the patient couldn’t roll over?

Answer 7

Ask for help, and change the sheets from top to bottom instead from side to side

Question 8

What is hygiene and what does it include?

Answer 8

Promotes physical and psychosocial well being and it includes caring for:

Skin
Hair
Nails
Eyes
Ears
Mouth
Feet
Perineal area

Question 9

Keys points for linen change

Answer 9

Follow principles for medical asepsis

Discard linens in special linen bags

Keep soiled linens
Away from uniforms
And off of floors