is an essential and indispensable equipment of the public health nurse which he/she has to carry along when he/she goes out home visiting. It contains basic medications and articles which are necessary for giving care.

1. BAG TECHNIQUE
Sapna Thakur
MSc. Community Health Nursing
thakursapna82788@gmail.com

2. AGENDA
• DEFINITION
• OBJECTIVE
• PRINCIPLES
• ARTICLES
• PROCEDURE
• POINTS TO REMEMBER
WHILE USING BAG

3. The Bag Technique Is A Procedure/Technique In Which A Nurse
Knows About The Effective Utilization Of Community Bag For
Performing The Procedure With Care During Home Visiting .

4. DEFINITION
It is an essential and
indispensable equipment
of the community health
nurse which he/she has to
carry along when he/she
goes out for home-
visiting. It contain basic
medication and articles
which are necessary for
giving care in the
community.

5. OBJECTIVES
To provide effective health
services to family during
home-visiting.
To prevent cross-infection.
To develop skill about the
effective utilization of bag
during the procedure.

6. PURPOSES OF BAG TECHNIQUE
The bag is needed
during each home,
school or industrial
visit
For inspection of
client’s like TPR
For performing
certain procedure’s
like urine analysis,
ante-natal assessment
etc.

7. PRINCIPLE OF BAG TECHNIQUE
 Bag technique performing
with decrease chances of
cross-infection.
 Bag technique performing
time and efforts.
 Protection of the caregiver
 Bag technique performance makes
it easy to provide procedure during
home visit.
 Bag technique should show the
effectiveness of health facilities
provided to family.
 Make follow up care.

8. COMMUNITY BAG
 Community bag contain all the
tools, articles and instruments for
CHN to provide health services
during home-visit.

9. ARTICLES IN COMMUNITY BAG
 Sterile compartment
 Clean compartment
 Side pockets
 Front pockets

10. ARTICLES IN COMMUNITY BAG
 Sterile dressing
 Dressing pack
 Thermometer
 Family planning
devices
 Medicines
 solution
In this compartment
clean articles are kept
 Urine test
 Measuring tape
CLEAN
COMPARTMENT
STERILE
COMPARTMENT
Every community bag
has 2 sides. It is used to
keep news papers, paper
bag, extra carry bag,
plastic.
SIDE POCKET
In front pocket, pen,
pencil,
diary, plastic apron
FRONT POCKET

11. LIST OF ALLARTICLES
 Paper lining
 Extra paper for making waste bag
 Plastic apron
 Hand towel
 Soap in a soap dish
 Thermometer[oral &rectal]
 2 pair of scissors
 2 pairs of artery forceps [curved or straight]
 Disposable syringes with needles

12.  Fetoscope
 Sterile dressing
 Cotton balls
 Cord clamps
 Adhesive tape
 Measuring tape
 I pair sterile gloves
 Baby’s weighing
scale
 Spirit lamp
 2 test tube
 solution
LIST OF ALLARTICLES
Solution of:
a] betadine
b] spirit
c] savlon solution
d] hydrogen peroxide
c] Acetic acid
d] Benedict's solution
• Sphygmomanometer
• Stethoscope
• Essential medicine

13. POINTS TO REMEMBER WHILE USING BAG
 Bag should contain all the necessary items for giving and assessing the needs of health
services.
 Bag items should be replaced according to utilization.
 The inside pockets are always considered to be clean area.
 Unnecessary opening and touching should be avoided.
 The bag items should be maintained such as it is convenient to use.
 Only required items are taken from the bag. After performing handwashing do not take
out the things which are not required during procedure.
 Putting back all the things after proper decontamination of articles.

14. THANK-YOU