BEDMAKING

PURPOSES OF BEDMAKING

PROVIDES COMFORT AND

PROTECTION FOR A PATIENT
CONFINED TO BED
BED MUST BE FREE FROM ALL
WRINKLES BECAUSE WRINKLES
CAUSE DISCOMFORT AND CAN
LEAD TO FORMATION OF
DECUBITUS

MITERED CORNERS

PURPOSE IS TO HOLD LINEN

FIRMLY IN PLACE ON BEDS,
STRETCHERS, AND EXAM TABLES
A MITERED CORNER IS A SPECIAL
FOLDING TECHNIQUE THAT
SECURES THE LINEN UNDER THE
MATTRESS

TYPES OF BEDS

CLOSED BED

MADE FOLLOWING DISCHARGE OF

PATIENT
PURPOSE IS TO KEEP BED CLEAN
UNTIL NEW PATIENT ADMITTED

OPEN BED

FANFOLD TOP SHEETS TO FOOT OF

BED TO CONVERT CLOSED BED TO
OPEN BED
FANFOLD MEANS TO FOLD SHEETS
LIKE ACCORDIAN PLEATS
DONE TO WELCOME A NEW
PATIENT OR FOR PATIENTS WHO
ARE AMBULATORY OR OUT-OF-BED

OCCUPIED BED

BED IS MADE WHILE PATIENT IS IN

IT
USUALLY DONE AFTER THE
MORNING BATH

BED WITH CRADLE

CRADLE PLACED ON BED UNDER

THE TOP SHEET
PREVENTS TOP SHEETS FROM
TOUCHING PARTS OF THE
PATIENTS BODY
USED FOR BURNS, SKIN ULCERS,
LESIONS, BLOOD
CLOTS,FRACTURES, OR SURGERY

SOME CRADLES HAVE LIGHT BULBS

TO PROVIDE HEAT FOR SPECIAL
TREATMENTS

DRAW SHEETS

HALF SHEETS FREQUENTLY USED

ON BEDS
EXTENDS FROM PATIENTS
SHOULDERS TO THE KNEES
USED TO PROTECT THE MATTRESS
IF SOILED, IT CAN BE CHANGED
WITHOUT CHANGING THE BOTTOM
SHEET

DISPOSABLE BED PROTECTORS,

ALSO CALLED UNDERPADS, ARE
USED IN SOME AREAS INSTEAD OF
DRAW SHEETS

BODY MECHANICS

ESSENTIAL TO USE CORRECT

BODY MECHANICS WHILE
BEDMAKING
ALSO IMPORTANT TO CONSERVE
TIME AND ENERGY
KEEP LINEN ARRANGED IN ORDER
OF USE

MAKE BED COMPLETELY ON ONE

SIDE BEFORE DOING OTHER SIDE
TO LIMIT UNNECESSARY
MOVEMENT FROM ONE SIDE OF
BED TO THE OPPOSITE SIDE

INFECTION CONTROL

IMPORTANT TO LIMIT MOVEMENT

OF ORGANISMS AND SPREAD OF
INFECTION WHILE IN BED
ROLL THE DIRTY OR SOILED LINEN
WHILE REMOVING IT FROM BED
HOLD DIRTY LINEN AWAY FROM
YOUR BODY

PLACE DIRTY LINEN IN

HAMPER/CART/BAG IMMEDIATELY
NEVER PLACE LINEN ON THE
FLOOR
WASH YOUR HANDS AFTER
HANDLING DIRTY LINEN
NEVER BRING EXTRA LINEN INTO A
PATIENTS ROOM

LINEN IS CONSIDERED
CONTAMINATED ONCE IT IS IN A
ROOM AND CANNOT BE USED FOR
ANOTHER PERSON
AVOID SHAKING CLEAN SHEETS TO
PLACE THEM ON THE BED
UNFOLD THEM GENTLY TO INHIBIT
THE FLOW OF MICROORGANISMS

PLACE THE OPEN END OF

PILLOWCASE AWAY FROM THE
DOOR
THIS LOOKS NEATER AND ALSO
HELPS PREVENTS THE ENTRANCE
OF ORGANISMS FROM THE HALL

UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS

OBSERVE UNIVERSAL
PRECAUTIONS IF LINEN IS
CONTAMINATED BY BLOOD OR
BODY FLUIDS
WASH HANDS FREQUENTLY AND
WEAR GLOVES WHILE HANDLING
LINEN
FOLLOW AGENCY POLICY FOR
PROPER DISPOSAL OF LINEN