Bed Making

PURPOSES OF BEDMAKING

PROVIDES COMFORT AND PROTECTION FOR A PATIENT CONFINED TO BED

BED MUST BE FREE FROM ALL WRINKLES BECAUSE WRINKLES CAUSE DISCOMFORT AND CAN LEAD TO FORMATION OF DECUBITUS

MITERED CORNERS

PURPOSE IS TO HOLD LINEN FIRMLY IN PLACE ON BEDS, STRETCHERS, AND EXAM TABLES

A MITERED CORNER IS A SPECIAL FOLDING TECHNIQUE THAT SECURES THE LINEN UNDER THE MATTRESS

TYPES OF BEDS

CLOSED BED

MADE FOLLOWING DISCHARGE OF PATIENT

PURPOSE IS TO KEEP BED CLEAN UNTIL NEW PATIENT ADMITTED

OPEN BED

FANFOLD TOP SHEETS TO FOOT OF BED TO CONVERT CLOSED BED TO OPEN BED

FANFOLD MEANS TO FOLD SHEETS LIKE ACCORDIAN PLEATS

DONE TO WELCOME A NEW PATIENT OR FOR PATIENTS WHO ARE AMBULATORY OR OUT-OF-BED

OCCUPIED BED

BED IS MADE WHILE PATIENT IS IN IT

USUALLY DONE AFTER THE MORNING BATH

BED WITH CRADLE

CRADLE PLACED ON BED UNDER THE TOP SHEET

PREVENTS TOP SHEETS FROM TOUCHING PARTS OF THE PATIENTS BODY

USED FOR BURNS, SKIN ULCERS, LESIONS, BLOOD CLOTS,FRACTURES, OR SURGERY

SOME CRADLES HAVE LIGHT BULBS TO PROVIDE HEAT FOR SPECIAL TREATMENTS

DRAW SHEETS

HALF SHEETS FREQUENTLY USED ON BEDS

EXTENDS FROM PATIENT’S SHOULDERS TO THE KNEES

USED TO PROTECT THE MATTRESS

IF SOILED, IT CAN BE CHANGED WITHOUT CHANGING THE BOTTOM SHEET

DISPOSABLE BED PROTECTORS, ALSO CALLED UNDERPADS, ARE USED IN SOME AREAS INSTEAD OF DRAW SHEETS

BODY MECHANICS

ESSENTIAL TO USE CORRECT BODY MECHANICS WHILE BEDMAKING

ALSO IMPORTANT TO CONSERVE TIME AND ENERGY

KEEP LINEN ARRANGED IN ORDER OF USE

MAKE BED COMPLETELY ON ONE SIDE BEFORE DOING OTHER SIDE TO LIMIT UNNECESSARY MOVEMENT FROM ONE SIDE OF BED TO THE OPPOSITE SIDE

INFECTION CONTROL

IMPORTANT TO LIMIT MOVEMENT OF ORGANISMS AND SPREAD OF INFECTION WHILE IN BED

ROLL THE DIRTY OR SOILED LINEN WHILE REMOVING IT FROM BED

HOLD DIRTY LINEN AWAY FROM YOUR BODY

PLACE DIRTY LINEN IN  HAMPER/CART/BAG IMMEDIATELY

NEVER PLACE LINEN ON THE FLOOR

WASH YOUR HANDS AFTER HANDLING DIRTY LINEN

NEVER BRING EXTRA LINEN INTO A PATIENTS ROOM LINEN IS CONSIDERED

CONTAMINATED ONCE IT IS IN A ROOM AND CANNOT BE USED FOR ANOTHER PERSON

AVOID SHAKING CLEAN SHEETS TO PLACE THEM ON THE BED

UNFOLD THEM GENTLY TO INHIBIT THE FLOW OF MICROORGANISMS

PLACE THE OPEN END OF PILLOWCASE AWAY FROM THE DOOR

THIS LOOKS NEATER AND ALSO HELPS PREVENTS THE ENTRANCE OF ORGANISMS FROM THE HALL

UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS

OBSERVE UNIVERSAL PRECAUTIONS IF LINEN IS CONTAMINATED BY BLOOD OR BODY FLUIDS

WASH HANDS FREQUENTLY AND WEAR GLOVES WHILE HANDLING LINEN

FOLLOW AGENCY POLICY FOR PROPER DISPOSAL OF LINEN