BAG TECHNIQUE Bag technique-a tool making use of public health bag through which the nurse, during his/her home visit, can perform nursing procedures with ease and deftness, saving time and effort with the end in view of rendering effective nursing care.

is an essential and indispensable equipment of the public health nurse which he/she has to carry along when he/she goes out home visiting. It contains basic medications and articles which are necessary for giving care.

1. BAG TECHNIQUE Sapna Thakur MSc. Community Health Nursing [email protected]

2. Agenda DEFINITION OBJECTIVE PRINCIPLES ARTICLES PROCEDURE POINTS TO REMEMBER WHILE USING BAG

3. The Bag Technique Is A Procedure /Technique In Which A Nurse Knows About The Effective Utilization Of Community Bag For Performing The Procedure With Care During Home Visiting .

4. definition It is an essential and indispensable equipment of the community health nurse which he/she has to carry along when he/she goes out for home-visiting. It contain basic medication and articles which are necessary for giving care in the community.

5. OBJECTIVES To provide effective health services to family during home-visiting. To prevent cross-infection . To develop skill about the effective utilization of bag during the procedure .

6. PURPOSES OF BAG TECHNIQUE The bag is needed during each home, school or industrial visit For inspection of client’s like TPR For performing certain procedure’s like urine analysis, ante-natal assessment etc.

7. PRINCIPLE OF BAG TECHNIQUE Bag technique performing with decrease chances of cross-infection. Bag technique performing time and efforts. Protection of the caregiver Bag technique performance makes it easy to provide procedure during home visit. Bag technique should show the effectiveness of health facilities provided to family . Make follow up care.

8. COMMUNITY BAG Community bag contain all the tools, articles and instruments for CHN to provide health services during home-visit .

9. Articles in community bag Sterile compartment Clean compartment Side pockets Front pockets

10. Articles in community bag Sterile dressing Dressing pack Thermometer Family planning devices Medicines solution In this compartment clean articles are kept Urine test Measuring tape CLEAN COMPARTMENT STERILE COMPARTMENT Every community bag has 2 sides. It is used to keep news papers, paper bag, extra carry bag, plastic . SIDE POCKET In front pocket, pen, pencil, diary, plastic apron FRONT POCKET

11. List of all articles Paper lining Extra paper for making waste bag Plastic apron Hand towel Soap in a soap dish Thermometer [oral &rectal] 2 pair of scissors 2 pairs of artery forceps [curved or straight] Disposable syringes with needles

12. Fetoscope Sterile dressing Cotton balls Cord clamps Adhesive tape Measuring tape I pair sterile gloves Baby’s weighing scale Spirit lamp 2 test tube solution List of all articles Solution of: a] betadine b] spirit c] savlon solution d] hydrogen peroxide c] Acetic acid d] Benedict's solution Sphygmomanometer Stethoscope Essential medicine

13. POINTS TO REMEMBER WHILE USING BAG Bag should contain all the necessary items for giving and assessing the needs of health services. Bag items should be replaced according to utilization. The inside pockets are always considered to be clean area. Unnecessary opening and touching should be avoided. The bag items should be maintained such as it is convenient to use. Only required items are taken from the bag. After performing handwashing do not take out the things which are not required during procedure. Putting back all the things after proper decontamination of articles.

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