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MDT Home Health Care Agency, Inc. ISOLATION EQUIPMENT (when we provide staffing to an in-patient facility) Equipment to be used in room: 1. Patient care equipment - Wash basin - Emesis basin - Pitcher and glass - Lotion and powder - Toothpaste or dentifrice 2. Paper bags and waxed bags 3. Basin with soap solution and towels 4. Thermometer and cleansing equipment 5. Dressings, as needed Equipment to be used outside room: 1. Basin with alcohol and iodine solution 2. Paper towels 3. Large and small paper bags and waxed bags 4. Linen hamper 5. Red pencil and pens 6. Safety pins 7. Linens 8. Isolation gowns, fun length 9. Gloves, if dressings to be done 10. Masks 11. Clean pitcher with ice 12. IV pole Note: ALL EQUIPMENT SHOULD BE OBTAINED AND SET UP BEFORE PATIENT ENTERS ISOLATION AREA. Home Health Agency Nursing Care & Procedures K-14