bag technique .pptx

Community health bag is known as a public health bag is an essential equipment of a public health nurse , designed to carry materials needed during a visit to the home, school .
Equipment and material are needed to make tests and to demonstrate patient care such as eye irrigation, application of ointments ,medications.
Four compartments are present in the bag:
Outer pocket
Side pockets
Sterile compartments
Lower compartment
Bag technique is a prior procedure which is carried out before other procedures. Without bag technique the next steps can not be carried out.

1. WELCOME!!

2. BAG TECHNIQUE MISS RAJOSI KHANRA M.Sc. 1st year

3. Define community health bag Purposes of community health bag Principles of community health bag Process of bag technique List out the articles in different pockets of bag Here is where i add my teaching points.

4. 01 COMMUNITY HEALTH BAG Community health bag is known as a public health bag is an essential equipment of a public health nurse , designed to carry materials needed during a visit to the home, school . Equipment and material are needed to make tests and to demonstrate patient care such as eye irrigation, application of ointments ,medications.

5. PURPOSES OF COMMUNITY HEALTH BAG To carry equipment and material needed for home, school visit To carry equipment and materials that are needed to make tests and to demonstrate procedures like dressing, injections, eye irrigation, vital signs etc. To perform blood and urine investigation during visits. To collect and carry the samples of a person.

6. The nurse should use an economical method of using supplies and equipment in a bag appropriately. Clean and dry the bag and articles before replacing it to the bag. Clean and sterilise contaminated articles before returning to bag. The bag should contain all necessary articles, equipements. Follow aseptic techniques throughout the procedures.

7. POCKETS OF BAG Four compartments are present in the bag: Outer pocket Side pockets Sterile compartments Lower compartment I n our institution’s community bag has 6 compartment: Outer pocket (2) - unsterile pocket, hand washing articles pocket Inner pockets (4) - sterile pocket, health assessment articles pocket, procedures’ articles pocket, medicine pocket

8. ARTICLES IN BAG SIDE POCKETS Scissors Measuring inch tape Litmus paper Babies weighing scale Specimen bottles 1 pair of sterile gloves OUTSIDE POCKET Soap with soap case Hand towel Nail brush Nail cutter Newspaper Newspaper bag Apron Pocket diary Pen and pencils

9. LOWER COMPARTMENTS Ounce glass - 1 Plastic kidney tray- 1 Test tube and test tube holder Medicine dropper-1 Spirit lamp Spatula Fetoscope Matchbox BP instruments Solution: Spirit Benedict sol. Betadine Acidic sol. dettol/ savlon CLEAN/STERILE POCKETS Dressing pack Bandages Scissors Artery forceps Dissecting forceps Thermometer Disposable syringe with needles Slide (2) Steel kidney tray Cotton and gauze pack Solution bowl (small) Drugs

10. PROCESS OF BAG TECHNIQUE Select a clear area and spread the newspaper that place ↓ Place the bag in one corner of the newspaper ↓ Remove the watch and jewelleries and keep in pocket ↓ Unbutton the outer pocket and take out handwashing things ↓ Open the bag and take out the articles for procedures ↓ Wash the hands and dry with towels and keep it aside ↓ Carry out the nursing procedure

11. CONT…. Keep soiled swabs in paper bag and give for disposal to family members ↓ Keep the used instruments in unsterile pocket which are needed to sterilise ↓ After procedure need to hand wash again and dry it ↓ Close the bag properly and document the findings, procedures ↓ Carry the bag and fold the newspaper and place it in outer pocket

12. POINTS TO BE CONSIDERED….. 1 The bag and its contents should be cleaned very often, the supplies replaced and ready for use anytime. 2 3 The bag should contain all necessary articles , supplies and equipment that will be used to answer the emergency needs. The bag and its contents should be well protected from contact with any article in the patient’s home.

13. POINTS TO BE CONSIDERED….. 4 Don’t keep any personal things inside the bag such as books and snacks. 5 6 The arrangements of the contents of the bag should be the one convenient to the user, to facilitate efficiency and avoid confusions. Protect the bag while using it at home from handling by children and from dust.

14. Bag technique is a prior procedure which is carried out before other procedures. Without bag technique the next steps can not be carried out. CONCLUSION

15. WHAT IS THE PROCESS OF BAG TECHNIQUE??

16. George Shincy, a comprehensive procedures manual of community health nursing, Emmess medical publishers (2016), 2nd edition, page no. (3-7). Anjalatchi. Bag techniques [Internet]. 2019. Available from: https://www.slideshare.net/anjalatchi/bag-techniques . BIBLIOGRAPHY

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