BAG

TECHNIQUE
Hamima A. Pandapatan
CHN Skills- Level II Group O
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• Definition(s):

Bag Technique - the bag technique is a tool by which the nurse, during her visit will enable
her to perform a nursing procedure with ease and deftness, to save time and effort,
with the end view of rendering effective nursing care to clients.

Public Health Bag - the Public health bag is an essential and indispensable equipment of a
public health nurse which she has to carry along during her home visits. It contains
basic medications and articles which are necessary for giving care.
Rationale: To render effective nursing care to clients and/or member of the family
during home visit.
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Principles:
The following principles are essential when performing the bag technique to achieve the
best results or desired outcomes:
1. Performing the bag technique will minimize, if not prevent the spread of any infection.
2. It saves time and effort in the performance of nursing procedures.
3. The bag technique can be performed in a variety of ways depending on the agency’s
policy, the home situation, or as long as principles of avoiding transfer of infection are
always observed.
4. The bag technique should show the effectiveness of total care given to an individual or
family.
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Guidelines/ Special Considerations:
The bag should contain all necessary articles, supplies, and equipment which may be used
to address emergency needs.
1. The bag and its contents should be cleaned as often as possible, supplies replenished
and ready for use at any time.
2. The bag and its contents should be well-protected from contact with any article in the
home of the patients. Consider the bag and its contents clean and/ or sterile wile any
article belonging to the patient as dirty and contaminated.
3. The arrangement of the contents of the bag should be the one most convenient to the
user to facilitate efficiency and avoid confusion.
4. Handwashing is done as frequently as the situation calls for. This helps in the
minimizing or avoiding contamination of the bag and its contents.
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• Equipment:
Public Health Bag containing (containing basic medications and articles necessary
for giving care)
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THERMOMETER
TECHNIQUE
Hamima A. Pandapatan
CHN Skills- Level II Group O
 THERMOMETER TECHNIQUE
• Definition:
- It is the process that involves measuring the body heat by taking the temperature
and disinfecting the thermometer after using.
- One of the vital signs (VS), also referred to as the cardinal signs (body temperature,
pulse, respirations, and blood pressure).

• Purpose:
1. To check for fever (pyrexia or a febrile condition), or to monitor the degree of
hypothermia.
2. To monitor the effectiveness of medications and other methods used to normalize the
body temperature.
3. To ensure that infections are not spread after using the thermometer.
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• Equipment:
Types of Thermometer
1. Digital Thermometer 3. Mercury Thermometer
2. Infrared Thermometer 4. Probe Thermometer

Sites for Measuring Body Temperature

a. Oral
b. Rectal
c. Axillary
ISOLATION
TECHNIQUE
Hamima A. Pandapatan
CHN Skills- Level II Group O
 ISOLATION TECHNIQUE
Definition:
- Isolation refers to the precautions that are taken in the hospital/community to
prevent the spread of an infectious agent from an infected or colonized patient to
susceptible persons.

Purpose:
1. Isolation practices are designed to minimize the transmission of infection in the
hospital/community, using current understanding of the way infections can transmit.
2. Isolation should be done in a user friendly, well accepted, inexpensive way that
interferes as little as possible with client care, minimizes client discomfort, and avoids
unnecessary use.
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Principles:
The following principles are essential when performing isolation technique to achieve the best
results or desired outcomes:
- Isolation practices can include placement in a private room or with a select roommate, the
use of protective barriers such as masks, gowns and gloves, a special emphasis on handwashing
(which is always very important), and special handling of contaminated articles. Because of the
differences among infectious diseases, more than one of these precautions may be necessary to
prevent spread of some diseases but may not be necessary for others.

- The type of precautions used should be viewed as a flexible scale that may range from
the least to the most demanding methods of prevention. These methods should always take into
account that differences exist in the way that diseases are spread. Recognition and
understanding of these differences will avoid use of insufficient or unnecessary interventions.
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Guidelines/ Special Considerations: Always wear PPE and practice proper
Handwashing.
Standard precautions
Standard Precautions define all the steps that should be taken to prevent spread of infection
from person to person when there is an anticipated contact with:
• Blood
• Body fluids
• Secretions, such as phlegm
• Excretions, such as urine and feces (not including sweat) whether or not they contain
visible blood
• Non-intact skin, such as an open wound
• Mucous membranes, such as the mouth cavity.
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Standard Precautions includes the use of one or combinations of the following practices. The level
of use will always depend on the anticipated contact with the client:
• Handwashing, the most important infection control method
• Use of latex or other protective gloves
• Masks, eye protection and/or face shield
• Gowns
• Proper handling of soiled client care equipment
• Proper environmental cleaning
• Minimal handling of soiled linen
• Proper disposal of needles
• Placement in a private room for clients who cannot maintain appropriate cleanliness or
contain body fluids.