Modified bath: face and one arm, hand and armpit

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1. Apply sanitizer over every hand surface and rub until completely dry.
2. Tell the resident what you will do.
3. Close the privacy curtain.
4. Raise the bed to working height.
5. Cover the resident with a bath blanket.
6. Fold the other top covers to the foot of the bed or set them aside.
7. Remove the gown without exposing the resident and put it in the laundry hamper.
8. Fill a basin with comfortably warm water.
9. Start by washing the eyes without soap.
10. Wash the eyes from inner corner toward outer corner.Critical · source marked
11. Use a fresh cloth section for each stroke.
12. Wash the entire face, including the mouth and nose area, without soap.
13. Pat the face dry.
14. Expose one arm and protect beneath it with a towel.
15. Wash that arm with soap.
16. Wash that hand with soap.
17. Wash that underarm with soap.
18. Rinse the arm.
19. Rinse the hand.
20. Rinse the underarm.
21. Pat the arm dry.
22. Pat the hand dry.
23. Pat the underarm dry.
24. Help the resident put on a clean gown.
25. Empty the equipment.
26. Rinse the equipment.
27. Dry the equipment.
28. Return equipment to storage.
29. Put used linen in the laundry hamper.
30. Lower the bed.
31. Apply sanitizer over every hand surface and rub until completely dry.
32. Leave the call device within easy reach.
33. Keep communication respectful and courteous throughout.