title: Maintaining patients' personal hygiene.
abstract: Maintaining patients' personal hygiene is a fundamental aspect of nursing care. A range of benefits can be gained when experienced nurses bathe or wash patients. Responsibility for patient hygiene should not be delegated to unqualified or inexperienced staff.
authors: University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield.
authors: L S
authors: LS
authors: Whiting
mesh_terms: D001494:Baths / Q000379:methods* / Q000451:nursing*; D002983:Clinical Competence; D006801:Humans; D006920:Hygiene; D019359:Knowledge; D009730:Nursing Assessment