Table of Contents
REQUIREMENTS #
- A tray containing the following:
- Fine-toothed comb
- Gallipot with cotton wool and gauze swab
- Protective material
- Hair cover for nurse(s)
- Treatment lotion in gallipot (e.g. savlon, benzyl alcohol 5%, crotamiton 10% etc)
- Receiver for used swabs
- Rubber apron
- Examination gloves
- Bath towel
- Shaving device (electronic/disposable)
- Screen
- Bathing items
STEPS #
- Establish rapport (refer procedure)
- Explain procedure to patient
- Provide privacy
- Prepare and send tray to appropriate place
- Take patient to the appropriate place for the procedure
- Sit/place patient in a desired position
- Perform hand hygiene, put on rubber apron, hair cover and don gloves
- Cover the patient’s clothing and bed with protective material
- Ask for patient’s consent to shave the armpit and pubic area
- Shave patient’s armpit and pubis (refer procedure)
- Encourage patient to bath or assist where necessary (refer procedure)
- Change patient’s clothes and bed linen
- Remove protective material, and leave patient dry and comfortable
- If patient refuses to be shaved, treat as head lice (refer procedure)
- Express appreciation to patient and direct him/her to the next activity
- Remove screen, clear tray, decontaminate used items and perform hand hygiene
- Changed clothes/bed linen should be disinfected and sent to the laundry
- Document procedure, report any abnormalities and indicate patient’s level of co-operation in the nurses’ notes/patient’s folder