When providing the patient with a complete bed bath using soap and water (not a bag bath), it is important to
a. Use alkaline soaps to help prevent infection.
b. Towel dry completely to prevent maceration.
c. Use soap liberally when cleansing the eyes.
d. Cleanse the eye from outer canthus to inner canthus.
ANS: B
Moisture and sediment that collect in skinfolds predispose skin to maceration. Towel dry to prevent maceration. Soap irritates the eyes. Use of separate sections of the mitt reduces infection transmission. Bathing the eye from inner to outer canthus prevents secretions from entering the nasolacrimal duct. Alkaline soap residue is irritating to skin and can decrease the normal protectiveness of acid pH.
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