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    The document provides guidelines for performing home visits using a community health nursing bag. It outlines 25 steps for introducing oneself to clients, preparing the work area, performing nursing care using materials from the bag, cleaning up, and documenting the visit. Key aspects include establishing privacy, laying down protective liners, washing hands, using and returning supplies to the bag in a manner that prevents contamination, and evaluating the effectiveness of the home visit.

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    CENTRO ESCOLAR UNIVERSITY

    Manila
    Performing Bag Technique
    Assessment:
    1. Review the available health record of the client/family to be visited
    Planning:
    2. Check the completeness if the content of the CHN bag
    3. Arrange the materials ad equipment inside the CHN bag.
    Implementation:
    Criteria Rationale
    4. Introduce self to the client/family ad explain The action will help establish rapport and gain
    the purpose of the home visitation. Provide cooperation of the client’s family.
    an opportunity for the client/family to
    verbalize understanding of the procedure.
    5. Provide privacy for the client by closing the Asking visitors to leave the room and closing the
    door ad curtain or asking any visitor to wait. door and curtain protect the person’s right to
    privacy.
    6. Take the paper lining from the bag and place Protects the bag from contamination.
    it on a table or any flat surface (box or if not
    available, you may use the floor), clean side
    out.
    7. Place the bag on the upper left side of paper
    lining with the bag opening facing the
    working area and the bag’s handles or strap
    tucked carefully beneath the bag.
    8. Open bag, take the linen/plastic lining and The bag and its content should be well protected
    spread over the paper lining with clean side from contact with any article in the client’s house.
    out.
    9. Take out hand towel, soap dish and apron and To prepare for handwashing.
    place them at one corner of the work area.
    10. Close the bag without locking and perform Washing hands and taking standard precautions
    handwashing. prevent the spread of infection.
    11. After handwashing, put the soap and soap
    dish outside the plastic lining with hand
    towel on top of the soap dish.
    12. Put on apron right side out and wrong side To protect the nurse’s uniform as well as for
    with crease touching the body, sliding the purposes of infection control.
    head into the head strap. Neatly tie the straps
    at the back.
    13. Remove from bag articles needed for care Only items needed are taken from the bag in order to
    and place at one corner of the work area avoid confusion and promote efficiency.
    (inside the plastic lining).
    14. Place paper receptacle outside the work area. Paper receptacle is placed outside the working area
    to prevent cross contamination.
    15. Close the bag and complete the nursing care. Closing the bag reduces the possibility of
    contamination.

    EFCA | Bag Technique


    16. After completing the nursing care, clean and All used articles are washed and sanitized to prevent
    alcoholize all the articles used including the contaminating the bag and its content.
    top of the plastic lining
    17. Close and discard the paper receptacle Used paper receptacles should be properly discarded
    because it contains contaminated materials used for
    providing care to the client.

    18. Perform handwashing and return all the Handwashing is one of the most important steps that
    articles in their proper places inside the bag. anyone can take to avoid the spread of infection.
    19. Return the soap and soap dish inside the bag
    last with the hand towel under the soap dish.
    20. Remove apron folding away from the body, Folding the contaminated side will confine the
    with soiled side folded inward and clean side contaminated surface.
    out. Place it in the bag.
    21. Fold the plastic lining with the clean side out Correct folding of the plastic lining will prevent
    and return inside the bag. Close and lock the contamination of the bag. Close and lock the bag.
    bag.
    22. Fold the paper lining with the used side inside Correct folding of the paper lining will prevent
    and return to the outside pocket (discard if contamination of the bag and its content.
    grossly contaminated)

    Evaluation:
    23. Record nursing care rendered.
    24. Take note of the environmental factors which affect the client/family health.
    25. Include quality of nurse-patient relationship.
    26. Assess effectiveness of nursing care provided.

    EFCA | Bag Technique

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