Tuotromedico: GERIATRICS. Hygiene of the minders of the elder

HANDS:

The hands must be always clean and elegant.

To take rings and bracelets from him before the working day; these can hurt the patient and serve as g�rmenes vehicle.

The short fingernails and without doing. The cuticles must not be cut for being a possible infections entry.

ALWAYS TO USE GLOVES FOR ANY PROCEDURE.

HAIR:

To keep it clean.

SHOWER:

Debit of being daily, to avoid unpleasant smells.

UNIFORM:

To keep it clean, with the closed buttons and without open seams. It is not necessary to give slovenliness image.

To change the robe all the times is necessary.

FOOTWEAR:

Debit of being comfortable.

To keep it always clean and in ideal conditions.

To wash with water and soap.

TARGET:

WHEN:

Earlier and after attending to every elder.
After having handled dirty material.
Earlier and after having gone to the service.
On having finished the working day to brush well with water and soap. To clarify and to dry meticulously with role. To use moisturizer.

PROCEDURE:


I spend 1: Prepare the soap and the towel in the washbasin. It is preferable to use liquid soap (1 teaspoonful). The bar soap must survive in receptacle that drains the water to keep it dry and clean.		I spend 2: Take the rings of the fingers from him.


I spend 3: Rinse his hands.		I spend 4: With the soap in the hand, soap completely his hands. Rub them between themselves vigorously with a circular movement.


I spend 5: Wash every doll and forearm sliding around him the opposite hand.		I spend 6: Interlace his fingers between themselves and slide them forward and behind. Clean the fingernails superficially and for below.


I spend 7: Rinse every hand and arm from the hand towards the forearm.		I spend 8: Dry his hands and forearms with a clean towel or with dry air.

I spend 9: Close the key of the washbasin or dump the water of the receptacle using a clean towel so that the hands are not contaminated.