CAREGIVING

EQUIPMENTS
AND TOOLS
PARAPHERNALIA
TOOLS,
EQUIPMENTAND
PARAPHERNALIAUS
ED IN MEAL
PREPARATION
 AIRPOT
A container for storing and dispensing coffee or
other beverages that maintains a constant
temperature by use of glass insulation.

BLENDER
In particular an electric mixing machine used in food
preparation for liquefying, chopping, or pureing
 COFFEE MAKER
A machine or pot for brewing coffee.

A board on which vegetables and other types of food

are chopped.
 Electric knife
An electric knife or electric carving knife is an electrical
kitchen device used for slicing foods. An electric knife requires
less physical effort than an ordinary knife and produces neater
slices. The device consists of two serrated blades that are
clipped together.

Electric can opener

A can opener (or tin opener) is a device used to
open metal cans. Although preservation of food using tin cans
had been practiced since at least 1772 in the Netherlands, the
first can openers were patented only in 1855 in England and in
1858 in the United States.
 Food
processor
to facilitate various repetitive tasks in the
process of preparation of food.

Food tongs
The tongs are the most-used cooking
utensil when grilling, as they provide a way to move,
rotate and turn the food with delicate precision.
 Ladle
A large long-handled spoon with a cup-shaped
bowl, used for serving soup, stew, or sauce.

Microwave Oven
An oven that uses microwaves to cook or
heat food.
 STOVE

An apparatus for cooking or heating that

operates by burning fuel or using electricity.
TOOLS,
EQUIPMENTAND
PARAPHERNALIAUS
ED IN
CLEANING,WASHIN
G AND IRONING
 BOTTLE STERILIZER
To make free from live bacteria or other
microorganisms.

BROOM

A long-handled brush of bristles or twigs used for sweeping.

An implement for sweeping the ice in the game of curling.
[formerly made of twigs of broom]
 CLOTHES HANGER
A hanger that is shaped like a person's shoulders
and used to hang garments on

DISHWASHER

A machine for washing dishes.

 DRYER
An appliance that removes moisture by heating
or another process: a clothes dryer; a hair
dryer.

DUSTPAN

A short-handled pan or scoop into which

dust is swept.
 DUSTER
A cloth or brush used to remove dust.

FLAT IRON
An iron for pressing clothes, especially one that
is heated externally, as on a heat or stove.
 IRONING BOARD
A long, narrow padded board, often with collapsible
supporting legs, used as a working surface for ironing.

LAUNDRY
BASKET
A hamper that holds dirty clothes to be washed or
wet clothes to be dried
 VACUUM CLEANER
An electrical appliance that cleans surfaces
by suction.

WASHING
A usually automatic machine forMACHINE
washing clothes
and linens.
TOOLS,
EQUIPMENTAND
PARAPHERNALIAUS
ED
FOR TAKING VITAL
SIGNS
 BP APPARATUS ANEROID
A sphygmomanometer ( /sfmomnmtr/ SFIG-moh-m-NOM-i-
tr) or blood pressure meter (also referred to as asphygmometer) is a
device used to measure blood pressure, composed of an inflatable cuff to
restrict blood flow, and a mercury or mechanical manometer to measure the
pressure. It is always used in conjunction with a means to determine at what
pressure blood flow is just starting, and at what pressure it is unimpeded.

BP APPARATUS
MERCURIAL
A long velcro cuff along with a spring coil armlet offers an
easy operation. This device precisely judge the variations in
the blood pressure and provide and accurate result.
 BP
APPARATUS DIGITAL
A sphygmomanometer usually consists of an inflatable
cuff, a measuring unit (the mercury manometer), a tube to
connect the two, and (in models that don't inflate
automatically) an inflation bulb also connected by a tube
to the cuff. The inflation bulb contains a one-way valve to
prevent inadvertent leak of pressure while there is an
adjustable screw valve for the operator to allow the
pressure in the system to drop in a controlled manner.

An instrument for measuring temperature, especially one having a

graduated glass tube with a bulb containing a liquid, typically mercury or

THERMOMETER
colored alcohol, that expands and rises in the tube as the temperature
increases.
STETHOSCOPE

Any of various instruments used for listening to sounds

produced within the body.