This document lists and defines various tools, equipment, and paraphernalia used for cleaning, washing, ironing, and taking vital signs. It includes definitions for common household items like brooms, clothes hangers, dishwashers, and ironing boards. It also defines medical equipment used to take vital signs, such as different types of sphygmomanometers (mercury, aneroid, and digital) for measuring blood pressure and stethoscopes and thermometers.

1. TOOLS, EQUIPMENT
AND
PARAPHERNALIA
USED IN
CLEANING,WASHING
AND IRONING

2. Is an apparatus
which is used in
destructing
microorganisms in
containers like
feeding bottle
through boiling
BOTTLE STERILIZER

3. A broom is a tool
which is used for
sweeping dirt. It
contains of twigs and
bristles together and
attached to a handle.
BROOM

4. A hanger
resembles the
shape of a person’s
shoulders and is
used to hang
garments on.
CLOTHES HANGER

5. Is a mechanical
device for
cleaning dishes,
eating utensils
and pots.
DISHWASHER

6. Is a machine or
apparatus that
removes moisture
through ventilation
or heat.
DRYER

7. Is a handled
pan or scoop
into which dust
is swept.
DUST PAN

8. Is a cloth or brush
which is used in
removing dirt and
dust.
DUSTER

9. A clothes iron is an
electric appliance
which is used along
with an ironing
board to iron or
press clothing,
fabric or draperies.
FLAT IRON

10. Is along, narrow
board, often with
collapsible
supporting legs,
used as a working
surface for ironing.
IRONING BOARD

11. is a hamper that is used
for holding dirty
clothes for washing or
wet clothes for drying.
It may also be
used for sorting clean
clothes to be folded.
LAUNDRY/SORTING BASKET

12. an electrical appliance
which is used for
cleaning floors,
carpets, and furniture
by suction.
VACUUM CLEANER

13. is an electric
appliance which is
used for
washing clothes
and linen.
WASHING MACHINE

14. TOOLS, EQUIPMENT
AND PARAPHERNALIA
USED
FOR TAKING VITAL
SIGNS

15. An aneroid unit is mercury free
and consists of a cuff that can
be applied with one hand for
self-testing; a stethoscope that
is built in or attached; and a
valve that inflates and deflates
automatically with the data
displayed on an easy-to-read
gauge that will function in any
position.
BP Apparatus Aneroid
(sphygmomanometer)

16. A mercury-based unit has a
manually inflatable cuff attached
by tubing to the unit that is
calibrated in millimeters of
mercury. During blood pressure
measurement, the unit must
be kept upright on a flat surface
and the gauge read at eye
Level.
BP Apparatus Mercurial
(sphygmomanometer)

17. A digital unit is mercury
free and consists of a cuff
that can be applied with
one hand for self-testing; a
stethoscope that is built in
or attached; and a valve
that inflates and deflates
automatically with the data
displayed on the LCD
BP Apparatus Digital
(sphygmomanometer)

18. is an instrument which
is used for listening to
the action of the heart,
lungs, etc., usually
consisting of a
circular piece placed
against the chest, with
tubes leading to
earpieces.
Stethoscope

19. is an instrument
for measuring
body
temperature.
Thermometer