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You are staying with your cousin who is HIV-Positive. a)Explain five precautions to take when caring for your cousin to prevent the spread of infection. b)Suggest four...

      

You are staying with your cousin who is HIV-Positive.
a)Explain five precautions to take when caring for your cousin to prevent the spread of infection.
b)Suggest four factors that should be considered when planning meals for your cousin.
c)Outline the procedure followed when making a bed.

  

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Kavungya
a) Precautions to take to avoid infections
-Wear an overall to protect your clothing
-Wear hard gloves to protect any open wounds on your hands from coming into contact with his body fluids.
-Nurse him in a well-ventilated room.
-Wash his bedding and clothes with disinfectant
-Give him his medicines at the right time and proper dosage.
-Be sure to treat any open wounds on him with disinfectant or prescribed creams.

b) Factors to consider when planning meals for him.
-Food should be soft for easy digestion.
-Reduce amount of carbohydrates as the invalid is inactive.
-Diet should have plenty of fluids in form of soups, milk and fresh juices.
-Foods rich in fat should be avoided because they are difficult to digest
-Avoid giving him food with strong flavours and smells/ use spices and seasoning sparingly.

c) Making a bed
Needed:
-Two laundered sheets
-Two clean blankets
-Pillow and pillow case
-A clean bed cover.
Method
-Turn the mattress so that it wears evenly
-Spread the under blanket right side up
-Place under sheet right side up and tuck all round making mitres at all four corners.
-Spread the top blanket wrong side up to reach just short of the top sheet.
-Make a fold at the centre and the lower end of the bed to allow room for the feet
-Fold the top sheet and top blanket together down the width of pillow to be used.
-Tuck in the sides and nutre the foot of the bed.
-Put pillow in pillow case and place on bed at its place
-Spread the bedcover over all the bedding, balancing the spread.
Kavungya answered the question on October 8, 2019 at 05:47


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