peri-wash

At the facility where I did my clinicals, all the residents had cans of peri-wash in their nightstands. Where I work now, we don't, so people don't get properly cleaned after they're incontinent of urine. It would be so nice if we had the peri-wash in every room- we could just throw a few washcloths in the room at the beginning of the shift and we'd always have something handy to quickly clean a resident's skin as we changed the brief or pad.

It would also be nice to have for BM. Some of the residents are oozy for a while after they've had one, and you end up wiping and wiping all night. It irritates the skin. When I did private care the client's nurse ordered me some peri-wash and I noticed it cleaned urine and feces way better than paper or a wet washrag. I didn't have to drag something over their butt 5 million times to get them clean.

The place where I work has a good reputation in the community. It's not that they're being cheap by not providing necessary items... so is there a reason that I don't know about for not making the peri-wash widely available? I want to know before I bring it up with a supervisor so I don't look stupid or have them think that I'm just being lazy. I think what we're "supposed" to do is practically give the resident a bed bath every time they're incontinent. Of course that's unreasonable- no one has time for that, and if a resident is sleeping, why would they want that either?