Bag technique neil

bag technique procedure

1. BAG TECHNIQUE PRESENTED BY- NEETHU LIZA JOSE MSC NURSING IST YEAR APOLLO COLLEGE OF NURSING

2. INTRODUCTION ON BAG TECHNIQUE:

3. DEFINITION........ The Community health bag is designed to carry equipment and material needed during a visit to the home, school or factory. Equipment and material are needed to make tests and to demonstrate patient care such as eye irrigation, application of ointments ,medications. (TNAI) It contains basic medications and articles which are necessary for giving care.

4. OBJECTIVES The overall objective of using community health bag in a systematic method is “ to be able to carry out nursing procedures in the family with improvised equipments articles available at home, maintaining scientific and nursing principles which can also be practiced by the family in her absence ”.

5. PURPOSE: To prevent carrying of infection from one patient to another and from one place to another by keeping bag and its contents as clean as possible . To demonstrate the principles of cleanliness to patients and family members by using the bag in orderly way . To carry out selected procedure , demonstrations , teaching and follow up services for patients and family members

6. PRINCIPLES: The use of the bag technique should minimize if not totally prevent the spread of infection from individuals to families, hence, to the community. Bag technique should save time and effort on the part of the nurse in the performance of nursing procedures. Bag technique should not overshadow concern for the patient rather should show the effectiveness of total care given to an individual or family.

7. INDICATIONS: The public health bag is used by public health nurse to - Provide antenatal, intranatal and postnatal care to mother and child . Perform certain diagnostic procedures such as Hb testing , urine testing for early detection of high risk cases and provide timely treatment .

8. CONTD.... Demonstarte certain Procedures to family members or community such as preparing oral dehydration solution (ORS), baby bath,application of benzyl benzoate in cases of scabies . Provide emergency and first aid services ( + ) in case of accidents and minor ailments . Provide and demonstrate care in case of communicable diseases such as chickenpox .

9. Provide follow up services in chronic illness such as diabetes,paraplegia or amputation . Access the need of individual and families and give health education in care of malnutrition,environmental hazards,home accidents and immunization etc

10. The contents of the bag ; Outer pocket : is used for keeping a dairy to maintain records, clean paper bags and a square piece of newspaper or plastic sheet to keep the bag on . The other one is used for keeping things for hand washing

11. Soap with soap box

12. Nail brush

13. Nail cutter

14. towel

15. Paper bag

16. Down compartment: Test tube stand

17. Test tube

18. Test tube holder

19. Swab sticks

20. Match box

21. Lamp holder

22. Specimen bottle

23. Kidney tray

24. Internal compartment: These are used for keeping solutions and medicines for internal and external use, simple instruments for dressing , articles for certain procedures such as temperature taking , urine testing , antenatal examination and few additional things for health teaching

25. scissors

26. Artery forceps

27. Thumb forceps

28. Enema tube

29. apron

30. Gauze pieces

31. Cotton balls

32. stethoscope

33. Mucus sucker

34. SYRINGES AND NEEDLES 1.2CC I/M NEEDLE S/C NEEDLE

35. bowl

36. thermometers

37. List of solutions used:

38. Medications:

39. Evaluation and Documentation Record all relevant findings about the client and members of the family. Take note of environmental factors which affect the clients/family health. Include quality of nurse-patient relationship. Assess effectiveness of nursing care provided.

40. Care of the bag In order to keep your bag ready for use at any time,observe some of the following instructions . Clean the bag daily,protect from excessive heat or rain to reserve it in a good condition . Replace the drugs,dressing and linen daily in the bag. Empty all the contents,wash the bag with soap and water once in a week or more frequently depending on how much it has been used and dry it the sun .

41. Wash the non- expendable articles such as instruments,linen and utensils with soap and water and boil them . Repalce cotton or plastic bags containing swabs and dressing with sterile one . Check gloves,catheters,thermometer and glass articles,replace if spoilt or broken . Repack the bag in an orderly way;keep articles in their usual places to make them easily traceble .