Bed Making Technique

Presented by:
Hillary Jane R. Reginio, RN
Briezle Jane Camille S. Basbaño, RN
The room, especially the bed is the patient’s home
while he or she is in the hospital or health care
facility. A well-made bed offers both comfort and
safety. It is an extremely important contribution to
the well-being of the patient.
Bed Making Technique

🠶 It Is the proper adjustment of bed linens.

 Purposes

🠶 to provide clean environment

🠶 to promote physical comfort
🠶 to maintain appearance of
the bed
🠶 to prevent cross
contamination
Points to consider:

🠶 Safety and comfort of patient.

🠶 Neatness and cleanliness.
🠶 Economy of time and material.
🠶 Dexterity and care in handling materials.
Safety and comfort of patient.
 Neatness and cleanliness
🠶 Laundry hampers placed in the
hallway should be at least one
room away from clean linen carts,
or placed according to hospital
policy.
🠶 The clean linen cart is always
covered; replace the cover after
removing required linen.
🠶 Take only the linens you need into
the patient’s room.
🠶 Linens that touch the floor are
considered dirty and are placed in
the laundry hamper; they are not
used.
Neatness and cleanliness

🠶 Avoid contact between the

linens and your uniform (for
both clean and soiled
linens).
🠶 Unused linen is never
returned to the clean
linen cart; it is placed in
the laundry hamper.
 Neatness and cleanliness

🠶 Soiled linen is never placed

on environmental surfaces
in the room, such as the
overbed table, chair, or
floor; soiled linens are
placed in the appropriate
laundry hamper.
🠶 Fill laundry hampers no
more that two-thirds full.
Keep the lid of the hamper
on tightly at all times.
Neatness and cleanliness

🠶 Many facilities do not permit laundry

hampers or barrels to be taken into the
patient’s room. Soiled linen may be
placed in a plastic bag or a pillowcase
in the room. Make a cuff at the top of
the bag or open end of the pillowcase
and place the cuff over the back of the
chair. When the bag or case is two-
thirds full, secure the top and place it in
the hamper in the hallway.
🠶 Laundry hampers or barrels are returned
to the utility room after use, or as
directed by facility policy.
 Economy of time and material

🠶 Prepare and arrange the

equipment in order of use.
🠶 Work on one side of the
bed at a time to complete
removal of soiled linen and
placement of clean linen.
 Dexterity and care in handling
materials
🠶 Never shake bed linens,
because microbes will be
released into the air.
🠶 As soiled linen is removed
from the bed, keep the
soiled areas on the inside
and fold or roll the linen
toward the center.
 TYPES OF BEDS
Bed Making

Unoccupied Obstetrical Occupied

Surgical Bed
Bed Bed Bed

Open

Close
 Linen - fabric

Bottom Sheet
Top Sheet
Cotton draw sheet
Waterproof underpad
Pillow case
Bath Towel
Terms to Remember:

Hem – the edge or border of a garment

🠶 Bigger Hem vs Smaller Hem
🠶 Right Side vs Wrong Side
RIBS (Right Side Inside Bottom Sheet)
ROTS (Right Side Outside Top Sheet)
Miter – to join at the corner
 MITER – to join at the corner
® to secure
the bed
linen while
the patient
is on bed
Unoccupied Bed
A method of bed making for an incoming patient.

•Bottom
Sheet
(Green)
•Top Sheet Equipment
(Pink)
•Pillow Case
•Pillow
 Obstetrical Bed
A method of bed making for a patient who has gave birth.

• Bottom Sheet (Green)

• Waterproof under pad
• Cotton draw sheet
• Top Sheet (Pink) Equipment
• Pillow case
• Pillow
• Pillow case
• Pillow
• Bath towel
 Surgical Bed
A method of bed making for a patient who underwent a surgical operation.

• Bottom Sheet (Green)

• Waterproof under pad
• Cotton draw sheet
• Bath towel Equipment
• Top Sheet (Pink)
• Pillow case
• Pillow
Surgical Bed
ADDITIONAL EQUIPMENT:
I.V. pole
Suction apparatus
Suction catheter (fr.12-14 for adults; fr. 8-10
for children)
Oxygen tank prepared with necessary
connections
Goose neck lamp (optional)
Kidney basin lined with tissue paper
Padded tongue depressor
Tissue wipes/ wash cloth
Occupied Bed
•Gloves/mask
•Bath blanket
•Waterproof Equipmen
underpad t
•Cotton draw sheet
•Pillow case
•Pillow
Occupied Bed
It is a method of bed making with a patient in bed.

Indication: This is commonly suggested for patients who are unconscious,

critically ill and in continuous traction.
Reference:

🠶 Carter, P. (2007). Essentials For Nursing Assistants:

A Humanistic Approach to Caregiving.
Philippine Edition: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins