Bed baths

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Our current hospital policy is to use wash cloths and chlorhexidine for bed baths. Some of the big hospitals in Utah are using a product that has wipes specified for certain areas of the body. I have been fighting incorporating this product. I think that if the sheets don't get wet then you haven't properly cleaned your patient.

How do you give bed baths? Any support for using these wipes? I think this is an attempt to sell us something with the benefit of people being lazy and giving subpar bed baths.

Another part of the problem is nurses are not using the correct soap to water ratio in the basin, therefore the bacteria was not being killed. The wipes get rid of the guessing.

If you use the wipes properly, they are more effective than a tub bath. I still use wash clothes and soap for bowel movement cleaning, but the actual antibacterial bath is done with wipes. The evidence is out there.

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