storing disinfectant in residents room??

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I am having a competency evaluation done soon to reactivate my C.N.A. so I have been studying by watching skills videos online but certain things I see don't seem right. I passed my skills test almost 9 years ago so I'm sure alot has changed but I still need to ask someone who maybe recently passed their skills evaluation in California . When cleaning up after oral care or foot care do you spray the emisis basin or bucket with disinfectant in the sink? I have worked in skilled nursing before and never was a chemical cleaner stored in a residents room. So please anyone let me know what you learned in your cna training. Thank you

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Specializes in Long term care.

We just rinsed the basin x2 with water.

At our facility, we are not allowed to keep disinfectant or air fresher in the resident's rooms.

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Thank you

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we just carry around little bottles of M9 with us.

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I will occasionally use a small amount of hand sanitizer on a paper towel to wipe out both bath basins and emesis basins, then rinse with water again and dry.

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I'm not asking about what you do day to day. I'm asking about during a skills test. What a skills evaluater would expect a new cna to do. I appreciate all of the answers I have gotten thank you.

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