Table 2 Final checklist with three domains for the professional oral hygiene care
Domains of checklist | importance coefficient | |
|---|---|---|
Before Professional Oral hygiene Care | Prepare the required equipment's for each individual patient at the time of professional oral hygiene care | 1 |
Teaching the patient how to do professional oral hygiene care regardless of her/his level of consciousness | 4 | |
Wear disposable gloves | 1 | |
Assess the adequacy of the endotracheal tube cuff pressure | 4 | |
Giving position 45–60 degrees to the patient's head | 4 | |
Examination of the patient's oral cavity | 5 | |
During Professional Oral hygiene Care | Wear latex gloves | 1 |
Moisturizing the patient's oral cavity with 2Â cc 0.9% normal saline through syringe | 5 | |
180-degree rotation of impregnated spatula with 0.9% normal saline in all four parts of the moutha | 5 | |
180-degree rotation of impregnated spatula with 0.2% chlorhexidine in all four parts of the moutha | 5 | |
Rinse the mouth with 0.2% chlorhexidine solution during suctioning of the oral cavity | 5 | |
After Professional Oral hygiene Care | Collect equipment and remove latex gloves | 1 |
Correct the patient's head and arranging the patient's position | 3 | |
Do not eat, suck, or take any action that clears the 0.2% chlorhexidine solution from the surface of the mouth for at least 20Â min | 3 | |
Changing the endotracheal tube band if it gets dirty (intubation patients) | 3 | |