BEDMAKING 🛌

• ASEPSIS OF BEDMAKING

  • wash hands before procedure
  • hold linens away from uniform
  • handles linens properly/carefully
  • prevent linens from touching the floor
• Proper Body mechanics of Bed making

  • avoid bending
  • face direction being moved
  • lift matress with palm up and tuck with palm down
• what are the 2 types of Folding?

  Oblique and Horizontal Fan Folding
• This is when the patient is out of bed for a SHORT PERIOD of time

  unoccupied open bed
• this is used when the bed is made with the care receipt in it and not able or permitted to get out of bed

  occupied bed
• this is when the clients who are undergoing surgical procedures and regularly specialized are before, during and after surgery

  surgical bed
• this when the patient is OUT of the BED for a LONG DURATION

  unoccupied close bed
• It promotes comfort, provide a clean, neat enviroment to the client

  Bedmaking
• Assessment prior to bed making

  1. clients health status
  2. clients blood pressure
  3. clients mobility status
  4. tubes and equipments connected to the client
• Indications of Unoccupied open bed

  1. physical theraphy session
  2. word rounds
  3. rehabilitation activities
• Indications of Occupied Bed

  • hospitalized patients
  • long-term care facilities
  • hospice care
  • patients in ICU
• Surgical bed Indication includes

  • surgical procedures
  • anesthesia administration
  • operating room use
  • pre-operative recovery
  • critical care situations
• unoccupied close bed indications

  • patient transfer
  • OR preparation
  • Room Cleaning
  • Patient transport