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Baby/Infant Bath-Is A Procedure of Cleaning The Skin of The Baby For Promoting Hygiene and Comfort

The document provides guidance on bathing infants. It recommends delaying the baby's first bath until after 24 hours to improve temperature regulation, reduce infection risk, stabilize blood sugar, and enhance bonding. When bathing, one should assess the baby's temperature, prepare warm water and supplies, explain the process, support the baby, and cleanse the skin and hair gently while maintaining stability and warmth. Key steps include cleaning the eyes, face, ears and neck before the rest of the body using mild soap and rinsing thoroughly. After bathing, rewarming and redressing the baby is important.

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Baby/Infant Bath-Is A Procedure of Cleaning The Skin of The Baby For Promoting Hygiene and Comfort

The document provides guidance on bathing infants. It recommends delaying the baby's first bath until after 24 hours to improve temperature regulation, reduce infection risk, stabilize blood sugar, and enhance bonding. When bathing, one should assess the baby's temperature, prepare warm water and supplies, explain the process, support the baby, and cleanse the skin and hair gently while maintaining stability and warmth. Key steps include cleaning the eyes, face, ears and neck before the rest of the body using mild soap and rinsing thoroughly. After bathing, rewarming and redressing the baby is important.

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Baby/Infant bath-is a procedure of cleaning the skin of the

baby for promoting hygiene and comfort.


ARE WE GOING TO BATH THE BABY RIGHT AFTER BIRTH? No
Reasons to delay baby’s bath’s are:
Reduced risk of infection
Stabilized infant blood sugar
Improved temperature control
Improve maternal- infant bonding
Improved breastfeeding

Assessment infant bath


1. Assess the family’s preference or fit bath time into the family’s schedule.
2. Assess and check the infant’s body temperature prior to bathing.

Planning Infant Bath


Prepare necessary equipment.
New set of baby
1. clothes ( baby dress booties, mittens, bonnet and swaddling blanket)
2. Basin / Bath tub
3. Mild baby soap
4. Bath towel
5. Cotton balls
6. Face towel
7. Buckets – 2
8. Hot water
9. Tap water
10. Swab sticks(optional)

implementation
4. Perform hand hygiene and put on PPE, if indicated.
5. Introduce self to client.
6. Verify the patient using at least two identifiers
7. Explain the procedure to the patient and significant others and encourage the
person to participate as appropriate.
8. Close the room door and/or curtains around the bed if possible.

9. Prepare luke warm water and check the water using the elbow.
10. Place towel, laid out in diamond fashion, on table top next to basin.
11. Remove all clothing except shirt and diaper.
12. Wipe the eyes using a cotton ball moistened with water, starting from inner to
outer canthus. Use a new cotton ball for each eye.
13. Dip washcloth. Make a mitt and wash the face, ears and neck. Dry all areas
thoroughly.
14. Hold infant on one arm (football Hold) over the tub and wet hair. Soap own
hands and lather hair and scalp using gentle, circular motion. Splash water against
water head to rinse off.
15. Place infant on towel and dry the head using the corners of the towel.
16. Undress the infant (shirt and diaoer). Wet upper extremities, front, back,
buttocks and legs using wash cloth. Apply soap and lather.
17. Pick up infant and slowly lower him into the bath tub to rinse off.
18. Support the baby while lifting him from the tub, by placing your hand and arm
around the infant, cradling his head and neck in your elbow. Grasp his thigh with
other hand.
19. Dry infants body gently and thoroughly.
20. Clean the genitalia
20.1 For a female infant-separated labia and with a cotton ball moistened with
soap and water, cleanse downward one on each side. Use a new piece of cotton
ball on each side.
20.2 For a male infant-retract foreskin and gently cleanse glans penis with a
cotton ball on each side of the scrotum.
21. Re-dress infant and hold infant for a period of time.

Evaluation
22. Document the body temperature and the time the procedure was done.

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