Female perineal care with handwashing

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1. Knock before entering.
2. Apply sanitizer over every hand surface and rub until completely dry.
3. Tell the resident what you will do.
4. Close the privacy curtain.
5. Fill a basin with comfortably warm water.
6. Raise the bed to working height.
7. Put gloves on.
8. Turn the resident and position a waterproof pad beneath the buttocks.
9. Expose only the perineal region.
10. Separate the labia; describe this while demonstrating it if helpful.
11. Use water and a soapy washcloth; this test does not permit peri-wash or no-rinse soap.
12. Wash one side of the labia from front to back.
13. Use a fresh cloth section to wash the other side from front to back.
14. Use a fresh cloth section to wash the vaginal area from front to back.Critical · source marked
15. With a clean washcloth, rinse one side of the labia from front to back.
16. Use a fresh cloth section to rinse the other side from front to back.
17. Use a fresh cloth section to rinse the vaginal area from front to back.
18. Pat the area dry.
19. Help the mannequin roll away from you toward the bed’s center.
20. Use a clean washcloth, water and soap; peri-wash and no-rinse soap are not permitted.
21. Wash in the direction from the vagina toward the rectal area.Critical · source marked
22. Use a fresh cloth section for every stroke.
23. With a clean cloth, rinse the rectal area from front to back.
24. Use a fresh cloth section for every rinse stroke.
25. Pat the area dry.
26. Safely take the waterproof pad out from beneath the buttocks.
27. Return the resident to a supine position.
28. Place used linen in the laundry hamper.
29. Empty the equipment.
30. Rinse the equipment.
31. Dry the equipment.
32. Return equipment to storage.
33. Peel gloves off inside out and discard them in the trash.
34. Lower the bed.
35. Leave the call device within easy reach.
36. Keep communication respectful and courteous throughout.
37. Start the water.
38. Wet both hands and wrists completely.
39. Put soap on your hands.
40. Rub the soapy hands together to create friction.
41. Wash with soap for at least 20 seconds.Critical · source marked
42. Scrub between interlaced fingers with soap, pointing fingers downward.
43. Wash every hand surface with soap.
44. Include the wrists in the soapy wash.
45. Rub fingertips against the opposite palm to clean the nails.
46. Rinse fingers, hands and wrists under running water, with fingertips downward.
47. Dry from the fingertips through hands and wrists using clean paper towels.
48. Discard each used paper towel in the trash.
49. Close the faucet with a fresh dry paper towel and discard that towel.
50. Prevent recontamination throughout: avoid sink contact, wet faucet towels, and handling a used faucet towel with both hands.Critical · source marked