| 摘要 |
<p>A bag constructed of biodegradable material in the form of high dry-strength and no wet-strength paper combined with water-soluble plastic material laminated to a portion of the exterior of the bag. The bag is of a size to receive a bedpan as specifically disclosed but it may also be of a size to receive an emesis pan or the like when inserted therein with the bag completely enclosing the pan to maintain the aseptic characteristics of a sterile pan by completely preventing any possible contact between the pan and the patient or excrete from a patient thereby eliminating the necessity of cleaning and sterilizing bedpans emesis pans and the like which results in substantial saving of time, labor and cost of caring for a patient. The bag, after use, is easily separated from the pan by means of a separable seam and flushed into the sewer system through a conventional commode with the water soluble plastic being dissolved by the flushing water and the paper becoming disintegrated so that the plumbing system will not become clogged. The water soluble plastic has the characteristic of maintaining its strength at temperatures above approximately 60 degrees F. so that excrete at body temperature will not dissolve the plastic material. However, the plastic becomes dissolved by water at temperatures below approximately 60 degrees F. so that when it is placed in a commode hopper or the like the flushing water which is at a temperature below approximately 60 degrees F. will dissolve the plastic material. The bag will also climate the use of bedpan liners, prevent staining of plastic pans, prevent odor from penetrating into plastic pans, extend the life of conventional pans, eliminate cold bedpans and assure the patient that the bedpans, emesis pan and the like is, in fact, sterile.</p> |
