Incontinence care of resident question?

[StephAnnE93]

Ok so state is coming soon to my nursing home. My question is, how many times are you supposed to actually change gloves while performing incontinence care? I like to do things right always so I don't have to worry about state but I was talking with another CNA who's been supervised by them and she said you change gloves after removing soiled diaper, again after performing pericare, again after removing soiled linen and again to work with clean linen once everything is in place. I was taught to use one pair and only change if visibly soiled?!

[Missingyou, CNA]

It's true, it's unlikely that the state will observe you doing peri care.

We just had inspection and the CNA being observed did it wrong. As a result we were all retrained. This is what we were taught to do:

Open 2 trash bags and put on bed (one for dirty linen and one for trash). Gather rest of supplies putting them on "Clean" area (paper towel/clean bag). Put on gloves. Change brief, wash peri area putting dirty items in "dirty bags" on the bed. Change gloves. Put on clean brief. Remove gloves. tie up bags without touching the inside of the bags. Lower the bed. Put away rest of supplies. Wash your hands.

[Laughter116]

The other thing you should know is that state needs your permission to observe you. If you're not comfortable, just say no.

[StephAnnE93]

It's true, it's unlikely that the state will observe you doing peri care.

We just had inspection and the CNA being observed did it wrong. As a result we were all retrained. This is what we were taught to do:

Open 2 trash bags and put on bed (one for dirty linen and one for trash). Gather rest of supplies putting them on "Clean" area (paper towel/clean bag). Put on gloves. Change brief, wash peri area putting dirty items in "dirty bags" on the bed. Change gloves. Put on clean brief. Remove gloves. tie up bags without touching the inside of the bags. Lower the bed. Put away rest of supplies. Wash your hands.

Yeah that's what another CNA told me is how state wants it but I wasn't taught this way in school....gotta love it lol THANK YOU

[VicChic20]

I think it is not necessary to change gloves three times during the peri care process on one resident. Just make sure to wash hands after each glove usage of each resident you do incontinence care on, and switch gloves obviously lol.