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Eye Irrigating Procedure

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Answer: The purpose of the eye irrigating is to irrigate the patients eye to soothe tissues, relieve inflammation, to remove foreign objects, and discharge.This procedure may take place if a patient has a chief complaint of eye pain, drainage, or vision loss.
The medical assistant will need gloves, small basin ordered lukewarm irrigation solution, towel, emesis basin, irrigation syringe or bottle of solution, gauze squares, and the patients chart or EHR with a pen.
The medical assistant always remember to washing their hands.
The equipment needed for the procedure should be assembled and lukewarm solution should be prepared.
The medical assistant should ensure they are performing the procedure on the correct patient by identifying the …show more content…

This will show awareness of the patients concerns related to the procedure being preformed.
 The medical assistant can ask the patient which position they would be more comfortable for them either siting or lying down. The patient should also be draped with a towel to protect their clothing. If, desired the patient should be helped onto the examination table.
Gloves should be put on.
The medical assistant should ask the patients to tilt their head back and to the side, place the emesis basin against the head and the patient should be instructed to hold it, so it can catch the solution during the irrigation. Several tissues, gauze squares or towels should be placed between the face and the basin to help prevent the patient from getting wet during the procedure. Sometimes the medical assistant will have to hold the basin.
The eye should be gently wiped with gauze squares from the inner to the outer canthus to remove any particles before proceeding with the irrigation.
The syringe should then be filled with the ordered

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