peri care for men

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How is the best way to do peri care on men ?

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Specializes in Med-Surg.

Soap and water using a wash cloth. This is very basic care to all levels of nursing that 99.999% of the posters on this site would know. Why would you ask, so we might hone in on your question better.

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Front to back right?

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Front to back ALWAYS for EVERYONE.

People should be washed top down, front to back.

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Specializes in Geriatrics.

I would say the best way to do it is Basic nurses aid101- be professional and do it. good golly......

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Maybe the OP is not a nurse. S/he just joined the site today and this is his/her only post.

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If i'm not mistaken, front to back is always a good policy. However; if a catheter is involved cleansing needs to be from the head down the tube, being sure not to take bacteria up the catheter into the bladder.

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Specializes in Geriatrics.

Always make sure if the male has foreskin to pull it back to clean, then ALWAYS pull it back down!! I've already seen a man's member turn dark purple because the aide pulled the foreskin back to far and forgot to pull it back down. Basically it got "stuck" and we had a hard time getting it pulled back down. I don't have to tell you that it was VERY painful for the patient!! :eek:

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