Plug Basin
A bedpan , also known as bedpan , slide (below slide), bedpan or bedpan , is a container for the excretion of feces and urine when lying down. It is mainly used in hospitals .
Material and handling
The purpose of the bedpan is to enable patients or people in need of care who have been prescribed bed rest or who are prevented from getting up due to paralysis or immobility to defecate and / or urinate without going to the toilet chair and to discharge their bodies in bed. Up to now, bed pans have mostly been made of stainless steel or, rarely, plastic . Older models made of enamelled sheet metal are considered unhygienic because of their easily damaged surface. There is a suitable cover (lid) for transporting the bedpans, so as not to bother staff or third parties with the smell or sight of the waste.
Stainless steel bedpans are problematic in terms of care , as the small and hard contact surface can lead to pressure points ( decubitus ), which can be associated with wound infections , if used for (too) long . In addition, bedridden users often find the cold surface to be uncomfortable. Defecation or urination is often made more difficult by the individual's sense of shame and the uncomfortable situation. In the 1990s, new piercing basins were developed from plastic that was perceived as warmer and could be hygienically disinfected, with an ergonomic shape. Other forms are made of inflatable rubber, which are particularly used on people with open rump wounds.
Piercing pans or bedpans are class I medical products (MPG) and must be cleaned in the clinical environment in accordance with specified standards. In the past, the piercing bowl had to be cleaned by hand, a technique that is still widely used in outpatient and home care today. In professional care facilities and hospitals, the piercing basin is mechanically cleaned and thermally or chemically disinfected in a bedpan cleaner at the push of a button .
As a more recent development, bedpans made of cellulose or waste paper are also available as single-use products. These are prepared by using either the house - or disposed of hospital waste or comminuted in special devices and discarded via the waste water.
Practical use
The word piercing basin is derived from the handling of the basin (generic term for metal or earthen bowls). The waiting person is turned to the side and the low shape of the toilet bowl is carefully pushed between the skin and the bed. Then the person turns back on their back . Another operating option is to pull up the legs and lift the pelvis . Even then, the pelvis is pushed under the body, which then rests directly on it. Because "stinging" is mainly associated with bodily harm today, this original meaning has partly been lost. Part of the traditional hospital bed linen is called a plug-in sheet and the confusion with this term resulted in a duplication of the original technical term.
cleaning
The cleaning of the pelvis and subsequent sterile provision is important in epidemics and especially in the case of rampant highly contagious diarrheal diseases. Bedpan washers are installed in modern hospitals for this purpose .
See also
literature
- Peter Lachner, Christoph Aspöck: Controls of cleaning and disinfection devices RDG for instruments, anesthetic material and bedpans . In: Wolfgang Chlud (Ed.): Hygienemonitor . tape 8 + 9 , Volume 14.UNIVERSIMED Verlags- und Service GmbH, 2008, p. 2 . ( PDF )
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Mechthild Seel: The care of people . Schlütersche, 2003, ISBN 3-87706-996-7 , p. 205 .
- ^ A b Peter Lachner, Christoph Aspöck: Controls of cleaning and disinfection devices RDG for instruments, anesthetic material and bedpans . In: Wolfgang Chlud (Ed.): Hygienemonitor . tape 8 + 9 , Volume 14.UNIVERSIMED Verlags- und Service GmbH, 2008, p. 2 . ( PDF )
- ↑ Bedpan from Ecopatent. Retrieved January 14, 2014 .