Work Instructions for 'Care of Eye'

1. Check doctor’s order for eye care
2. Explain procedure to patient
3. Place patient in supine position
4. Ensure good lighting arrangement.
5. Wash hands
6. Stand near the head end of patient
7. Plug ear with non absorbent cotton
8. Turn patient’s head slightly to affected side
9. Keep K-basin below the ear at the affected side
10. Instruct the patient to keep the eye open.
11. Gently pull lower eye lid with two fingers
12. Take saline in irrigator and irrigate the affected eye. Or take saline in syringe, fix irrigating cannula, check patency of cannula.
13. Irrigate eye, flow to be in continuous stream.
14. Direct the fluid along the conjuctive over the eyeball from inner to the outer canthus.
15. Instruct patient to move the eyeball.
16. In case of chemical burn,irrigation needs to be continued for about 30 minutes
17. Remove earplug
18. Clean the eye with wet cotton
19. Make patient comfortable replace articles
20. Document patient’s complaints and the condition of eye