The development of a new type shower bath equipment used in bedridden patients / 中国医学装备

ABSTRACT

Objective:To innovate a bed shower bathing equipment for the bedridden patients and explore the new nursing mode for the bed bath.Methods: To make a bath bed with several separation troughs using the high quality PVC materials. An automatic spraying facility with DC low voltage electric power storage was built in a mobile water tank formed the show function. The water in the bath bed was drained to another mobile sewage collecting tank through a hole in the bath bed edge. A complete bath equipment was composed of all of these items.Results: Comparing with traditional methods of bedridden patients bed bathing, like washing hair, sponge bathing and perineum scrubbing, the new method could make the bed bathing easier and save more time for the care givers, make the bedridden patients feel more comfortable, improve the skin cleanness, meanwhile, avoid the risks of drowning, cross infection and retrograde infection and achieve the goal of moving shower room to the bedside.Conclusion:The new type bath equipment is simple, safe and low cost, without moving patients. It can save medical resources and improve the basic nursing quality. It is suitable in hospital, family and elderly care facility, and has a broad application prospect.