EQUIPMENTS

ADMITTING A PATIENT TO A HEALTH CARE AGENCY

• Thermometer • Scales for weight and height
• Sphygmomanometer • Instruments used for physical assessment, e.g.
• Stethoscope penlight, tongue depressor, etc.

MEDICAL HANDWASHING
• Liquid or bar soap • Sink with running H20
• Towel (paper or cloth) • Trash can
• Lotion (optional) • Tissue or paper

BEDMAKING
UNOCCUPIED BED
• 1 bottom sheet / flat or fitted sheet • 1 bath blanket
• 1 top sheet • 1 or 2 pillow cases

OBSTETRICAL BED
• 1 bottom sheet • 1 top sheet
• 1 waterproof underpad

POST OP BED
Same as the unoccupied bed: h. Oxygen tank prepared with necessary connections
a. Bed protector i. Goose neck lamp (optional)
b. Bath towel j. Waterproof underpad (optional)
c. Gown k. Hot water bag
d. Blanket
e. I.V stand On the bedside table are:
f. Suction apparatus l. Kidney basin lined with tissue paper
g. Suction catheter (Fr. 12-14 for adults; Fr. 8-10 for m. Padded tongue depressor
children) n. Tissue wipes/washcloth

OCCUPIED BED
• 1 bottom sheet • 2 pillow cases
• 1 waterproof underpad (optional) • 1 blanket (optional)
• 1 top sheet • 1 pair of working gloves

VITAL SIGNS
TEMPERATURE
AXILLARY METHOD
• Tray containing: d. Waste receptacle
a. Thermometer • Jotdown notebook and pen
b. Jar of CB in water • Client’s washcloth or tissue wipes
c. Jar with cut tissue paper

PULSE
RADIAL PULSE
• Watch with second hand • Alcohol swab
• Jotdown notebook and pen • Stethoscope

RESPIRATION
• Watch with second hand • Jotdown notebook and pen

BLOOD PRESSURE
• Stethoscope • Jotdown notebook and pen
• Sphygmomanometer with appropriate size of cuff • Alcohol swab

SHAMPOO IN BED
• Waterproof pad • Water in pitcher/graduated cylinder
• Shampoo board • Hydrogen peroxide
• Wash basin • Saline
• Towels • Shampoo
• Comb

CONCIOUS ORAL CARE

• Waterproof barrier • Dental floss
• Towel • Lip balm
• Mouth wash • Cup of water
• Tooth bush • Empty cup for mouthwash solution
• Toothpaste • Basin
UNCONCIOUS ORAL CARE
• Waterproof barrier • 2 empty cups
• Towel • 3 oral swabs
• Basin • Padded tongue blade
• Mouthwash • Lip balm

FOOT AND TOENAIL CARE

• Waterproof pad • Nail brush
• Washbasin with warm water • Nail cutter
• Amasis basin • Disposable emery board
• Towel • Lotion
• Plastic applicator stick

CLEANSING BED BATH

• Bath blanket or large towel d. Talcum powder / lotion /oil
• Bath towels (4) e. A pair of nail cutter if necessary
• Washcloths (3) f. Two pitchers (one with cold and the other on
• Patients clothing as called for with hot water)
• Linens as called for g. Paper for lining
• Tray containing the following: h. Bath thermometer
a. Wash basin half filled with warm water or water • Pail for used water
temperature as preferred by patient • Bedpan or urinal
b. Soap in a soap dish • Laundry bag
c. Patient’s comb / hair brush • Working gloves (2 pairs)

BACK MASSAGE
• Massage lubricant or lotion as preferred by the patient • Towel
• Powder • Stethoscope
• Bath blanket • Sphygmomanometer

DONNING AND REMOVING STERILE GLOVES

• A pair of sterile prepowdered gloves

EXTERNAL DOUCHE
• Bedpan with cover e. A jar of sterile CB soaked in antiseptic solution
• Waterproof underpad f. Kidney basin lined with paper for waste
• Bath blanket (optional) g. Toilet paper (client’s supply)
• A tray containing the following: h. A piece of paper to wrap vaginal pads
a. Sterile covered flushing can with sterile water or i. Working forceps in a sterile pack
solution to be used. j. Working gloves (2 pairs)
b. Sterile pick up forceps in a disinfectant solution k. Sterile bowl or sterile kidney basin
c. A jar of dry sterile CB (optional) • Adult diaper or sanitary pad (client’s supply; optional)
d. A jar of sterile CB soaked in soap sud solution • Perineal cream or lotion if needed

URINARY CATHETERIZATION
FEMALE CATHERIZATION
• External douche tray h. Sterile catheterization pack containing:
• Bedpan with cover - Drape – fenestrated drape or eye sheet
• Waterproof underpad - OS
• Bath blanket - Kidney basin
• A tray containing the following: - Specimen bottle
a. Pick-up forceps in disinfectant solution i. Equipment for indwelling catheter
b. Working forceps in a sterile pack - Foley catheter
c. Lubricant – KY Jelly - Sterile 5 cc syringe (to be filled with 5 cc triple
d. Gloves of your size distilled water)
e. Betadine solution - Vial of triple distilled water, sterile
f. Sterile dry CB – one pack - Plaster
g. Catheter – Fr. 12-14 for adults; Fr. 8-10 for - Urine bag
children • Gooseneck lamp (optional)

REMOVING AN INDWELLING CATHETER

• Treatment ticket • Working gloves
• 5 or 10 cc syringe • 2 CBs with water
• Needle (if needed) • Tissue paper / absorbent towel

APPLYING A CONDOM CATHETER

• Urinary drainage bag with tubing • Washcloth towel
• Condom catheter • Plaster
• Bath blanket • Working gloves
APPLICATION OF HEAT AND COLD THERAPIES
APPLICATION OF ICE CAP
• Ice bag and cover • Gel preparation
• Cracked ice • Hand towel

HOT WATER BAG

• Hot water bag and cover • A pitcher of cold water
• Bath thermometer • Empty pitcher
• A pitcher of hot water • Hand towel

SITZ BATH
• Sitz bath chair • Sterile dressings and T-binder (optional)
• Bath thermometer • Pitcher of hot water
• Bath towels and clean gown • Pail ¾ filled with tap water
• Bath blanket • 2 safety pins (large)

TEPID SPONGE BATH

• Basin • Wash clothes (about 6 pieces)
• Pitcher filled with hot water • Bath towel
• Pitcher with cold water • Thermometer in a thermometer tray
• Waterproof underpad or rubbersheet • Working gloves
• Bath blanket • Bath thermometer

PARENTERAL MEDICATION
INTRADERMAL INJECTION
• Medicine ticket • Disposable sterile aspirating needle
• Solution prescribed • A jar of CB soaked in 70% ROH (more than two CBs) /
• Disposable sterile tuberculin syringe alcohol swab
• Disposable sterile 2 cc syringe • Waste receptacle

SUBCUTANEOUS INJECTION
• Medicine • Jar of CB with 70% ROH
• Medication tray • Waste receptacle
• Injection tray – hypo tray • Sharps
• Syringe • Container
• Disposable sterile aspirating needle • Jar of dry CB
• Disposable sterile injection needle g.25 5/8” or g.26 1

INTRAMUSCULAR INJECTION
• Hypodermic tray lined with sterile towel • Sterile syringes
• Prescribed medication • Jar CB soaked in 70% ROH
• Medication ticket • Waste Receptacle
• Sterile needles for aspirating and for injecting G.20 – • Sharps container
22 ½ • Jar of dry CB

ADMINISTRATION OF THERAPUTIC AGENTS

ORAL MEDICATION
• Medicine/s • Waste receptacle
• Medicine ticket/s
• Medicine tray OPTIONAL
• Medicine glasses • Spoon as required
• Medicine dropper/s • Mortar and pestle
• Syringe/s • Stirring rod if powder is used
• Glass of water • Tongue depressor
• Paper wipes • Drinking straws

OPTHALMIC MEDICATION
• Prescribed eye medication • Sterile NSS
• Tissue paper • Plaster (optional)
• Gauze pads/eye dressing (optional) • Working gloves
• Sterile CB

OTIC MEDICATION
• Prescribed medication • Dry CB
• Cotton tipped applicator • Penlight
• Working gloves (optional)

NASAL MEDICATION
• Prescribed medication • Medicine ticket

VAGINAL MEDICATION
• A tray containing the following: c. Tissue paper
a. Vaginal medication as ordered d. Perineal pad (optional)
b. Sterile gloves e. Water-soluble lubricant
 • External douche tray (to include waste receptacle) • Bedpan

RECTAL MEDICATION
• Rectal suppository – straight from the refrigerator • Tissue paper
• Clean disposable gloves • H20 soluble lubricant

NASOGASTRIC TUBE AND BLOOD TRANSFUSION

ASSISTING INSERTION OF NASOGASTRIC TUBE/NASOINTESTINAL TUBE FOR SUCTION AND ENTERAL FEEDINGS
• Working gloves • Ice chips in an emesis basin
• Cup of ice or water and straw • Water-soluble lubricant
• Towel and tissues • Tongue blade
• Flashlight or penlight • Appropriate French tube for feeding
• Hypoallergenic tape, rubber band, safety pin • Suction machine
• 20-ml syringe or asepto syringe, 30 ml or larger with • Disposable irrigation set (optional)
small bore tube • Stethoscope

ADMINISTRATION VIA THE NASOGASTRIC TUBE (NGT)

• Medicine and medicine ticket • Medicine glass
• Asepto syringe for adults; 2 cc or 5 cc syringe for • Drinking water
children • Sterile tongue depressor for stirring
• Stethoscope • Prescribed feeding
• Mortar and pestle

BLOOD TRANSFUSION
• Blood transfusion set (g. 19-22 needle) • Ordered 0.9% (NSS) 1L
• Sterile dry CB (2 pcs.) • Plaster
• Cross matching result • Working gloves
• Ordered blood component • Sterile OS (1pc.)

IV THERAPY
STARTING AN IVF INFUSION
• An IV tray containing: f. Plaster and masking tape for the label
a. IV Solution as ordered g. Armboard, if needed
b. IV tubing h. Scissors
c. Needle (butterfly or vasocan as the case may be) i. Medicine ticket
d. Tourniquet j. IVF label
e. Antiseptic swabs or CB soaked in ROH • IV Stand

REGULATING IV FLOW RATE

• Jotdown notebook and ballpen • Strip of plaster or masking tape as marker or to be
• Wrist watch with a swift second hand used as time strip if necessary

DISCONTINUING IV INFUSION
• IV tray containing the ff: d. Working gloves
a. Dry CB e. Empty box for receptacle
b. Plaster to cover the site temporarily / Band Aid a. f. IVF ticket
c. CB soaked in 70% ROH