Laying ointment in the ear is often used for acute and chronic inflammatory processes. For a nurse, especially those working in otorhinolaryngology, this procedure should be familiar and performed in accordance with all requirements.
Laying the ointment in the ear is carried out with the patient lying on his side.
The sequence of actions of a nurse
Prepare sterile gauze turundas, sterile tweezers, medicinal ointments, rubber gloves and containers with disinfectant .
If necessary, hold the patient's ear toilet.
Before laying the ointment in the ear, read the name of the drug.
Inform the patient about the administered drug, clarifying the allergic history.
Apply ointment to turunda.
Pull the auricle up and back to straighten the external auditory canal.
Turunda with ointment is introduced into the external auditory canal using sterile tweezers.
Remove the turunda from the ear canal and dip it into a container with a disinfectant solution.
In the second ear, the ointment is laid in the same way.
After the manipulation , placing the ointment in the ear , disinfect, combined with pre-sterilization treatment of instruments and disinfection of the waste material.
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