CNA ABILITY: PERINEAL CARE

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Offers perineal care (peri-care) for woman

1 Discusses procedure, speaking plainly, slowly, and
straight, preserving face-to-face contact whenever
possible
2 Privacy is offered with a curtain, screen, or door
3 Prior to cleaning, checks water temperature for security
and comfort and asks customer to validate comfort of water
4 Puts on tidy gloves prior to cleaning perineal area
5 Places pad/ linen protector under perineal location
including butts prior to cleaning
6 Exposes perineal location (just exposing between hips and
knees).
7 Applies soap to damp washcloth.
8 Washes genital location, moving from front to back,.
while using a tidy location of the washcloth for each.
stroke.
9 Using clean washcloth, rinses soap from genital.
location, moving from front to back, while using a tidy.
area of the washcloth for each stroke.
10 Dries genital area moving from front to back with dry.
fabric towel/washcloth.
11 After cleaning genital location, relies on side, then washes.
rectal area moving from front to back using a clean area.
of washcloth for each stroke.
12 Utilizing clean washcloth, rinses soap from rectal area,.
moving from front to back, while utilizing a tidy area of.
the washcloth for each stroke.
13 Dries rectal area moving from front to back with dry.
cloth towel/washcloth.
14 Repositions customer.
15 Empties, rinses, and dries basin.
16 Places basin in designated unclean supply location.
17 Gets rid of utilized linen into stained linen container and.
deals with linen protector properly.
18 Prevents contact in between prospect clothes and used.
linen.
19 Eliminates and gets rid of gloves (without.
contaminating self) into waste container and washes.
hands.
20 Signaling device is within reach and bed is in low.
position.

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