Wash perineum
A – Person collaborating
- The person should be lying back, knees bent and feet apart.
- Place waterproof pad on buttocks.
- Place the towel
- Place bedpan
- Remove bedpan after the patient finishes washing
- Dry perineal area.
- Wash hands.
B – Person not collaborating
- The person should be lying back, knees bent and feet apart.
In women: wash the suprapubic area, keeping labia majora aside using the non-dominant hand.
- Wash pubic area from front to back (anus), in a single stroke, using the dominant hand. Repeat procedure and change sponge if necessary.
- Dry perineal area.
- Wash hands.
In men: wash the suprapubic area, holding the penis and pulling prepuce down.
- Wash the glans and urinary meatus with a circular movement of the meatus outward and downward towards the base of the penis. Repeat procedure and change sponge if necessary.
- Pull prepuce to its natural position.
- Wash scrotum (pay attention to adjacent skin fold)
- Dry perineal area.
- Wash hands.
Previous (wash mouth) | Next (bed bath) |