SERVING BED PAN AND

URINAL
PURPOSE
- TO ASSIST A BEDRIDDEN IN
VOIDING AND DEFACATION.
- TO MAINTAIN CONTINENCE
INTRODUCE SELF
PRIVACY
HAVE A PLACE TO SET
THE BEDPAN ASIDE
WHILE YOU HELP WITH
WIPING OR GETTING
DRESSED.
 PERFORM
HAND HYGIENE
PUT ON CLEAN
GLOVES.
 ASSIST THE PATIENT TAKE
DOWN HIS OR HER PANTS
AND UNDERWEAR. COVER
WITH A SHEET OR BLANKET
FOR PRIVACY.
ROLL DOWN
THE LINEN
 WHEN USING AN
ENAMEL BEDPAN OR
URINAL, RUN WARM
WATER OVER IT AND
DRY.
 SPRINKLE A SMALL
AMOUNT OF BODY
POWDER ON THE RIM OF
THE BEDPAN TO HELP
WITH SLIDING.
USE A BED PAD
UNDER THE
BEDPAN FOR
SPILLS.
HELP GET THE
BEDPAN INTO
POSITION.
HAVE THE PATIENT SIT UP
OR LIFT UP THE HIPS
SLIGHTLY AND THEN SLIDE
THE BEDPAN UNDER THE
PERSON.
IF PERMISSIBLE, LEAVE
THE PATIENT ALONE
MAKING SURE HIS/SHE
IS SAFE.
 AFTER THE PERSON USES THE
BEDPAN:

- MAKE SURE TO HOLD THE BEDPAN

IN PLACE.
- LIFT THE PATIENTS HIPS
- REMOVE THE BEDPAN
CAREFULLY SET
THE BEDPAN TO
THE SIDE
 HELP THE
PATIENT WIPE IF
NEEDED
WASH AND DRY
THE AREA
FROM THE SIDE
REMOVE THE
UNDER PAD
-ARRANGE THE PATIENT
-PULL THE UNDERWER
UPWARD
-PULL THE LINEN AGAIN
UPWARD
EMPTY THE BEDPAN INTO
THE TOILET. MEASURE I &
O IF ORDERED.RINSE AND
WASH THE BEDPAN
 DRY THE
BEDPAN OR LET
IT AIR-DRY.
TAKE OFF YOUR
GLOVES
DOCUMENT.
SERVING
URINAL
 PURPOSE
- TO PROVIDE ELIMINATION OF
THE BODILY WASTE SUCH AS
URINE AND FECES IN A WAY THAT
WILL RESPECTS PATIENT’S
PRIVACY AND INTEGRITY DURING
THE ENTIRE PROCEDURE.
ASK THE PATIENT
TO PUT THE
URINAL BETWEEN
HIS LEGS
 HELP THE PATIENT
SPREAD HIS LEGS.
COVER WITH A SHEET
OR BLANKET FOR
PRIVACY
PUT THE PENIS IN
THE OPENING AT
THE TOP OF THE
URINAL
POSITION THE URINAL
AND HOLD IT GENTLY
WHILE THE PATIENT
URINATES.
IF PERMISSIBLE, LEAVE
THE PATIENT ALONE
MAKING SURE HIS/SHE
IS SAFE.
WHEN THE PERSON IS
DONE URINATING,
CAREFULLY REMOVE
THE URINAL.
 GENTLY WIPE
BETWEEN THE LEGS
WITH A DAMP
WASHCLOTH OR WET
WIPE..
 DRY THE AREA
BETWEEN THE
PERSON'S LEGS.
 -PULL THE
UNDWEAR UP
 PULL THE LINEN
UPWARD AND
DISCARD THE TOWEL
ASSIST THE CLIENT
IN A
COMFORTABLE
POSITION
EMPTY THE URINAL INTO
THE TOILET. MEASURE I &
O IF ORDERED. WASH
AND RINSE THE URINAL
 DRY THE
URINAL OR LET
IT AIR-DRY.
TAKE OFF YOUR
GLOVES. WASH
HANDS.
DOCUMENT.