PROCEDURE CHECKLIST: Chapter 35: Performing …

PROCEDURE checklist : Chapter 35: Performing Tracheostomy Care Check (9) Yes or No PROCEDURE STEPS Yes No COMMENTS. 1. Places the patient in semi-Fowler's position. 2. Places a towel or linen-saver pad over the patient's chest. 3. Dons sterile gloves (alternatively, puts a sterile glove on the dominant hand and a clean glove on the other hand). 4. Suctions the tracheostomy (see PROCEDURE checklist Chapter 35: Performing Tracheostomy or Endotracheal Suctioning). 5. Removes and discards the soiled tracheostomy dressing in a biohazard receptacle; then removes and discards gloves. 6. Place the tracheostomy care equipment on the over-the-bed table and prepares the equipment using sterile technique: a. Pours hydrogen peroxide into one of the sterile solution containers and pours normal saline solution into the other one. b. Opens three 4 4 gauze packages; wets the gauze in one package with hydrogen peroxide;. wets the gauze in another package with normal saline; keeps the third package dry.

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