When you are on nights on your own and have a urinary incontinent patient who is difficult to move, layer the pads one on top of another as many as you think necessary, and when one is wet, you can easily roll it and slide it out from under the patient without disturbing them, and they have a clean pad underneath.

Also if you have a large patient who is incontinent who needs a thick padded bed for bony prominances, then get a quilt, and tape it inside a thick plastic bag (body bags are best for this) then place a normal bed and pads on top. It saves on washing thick beds all the time and the plastic can be wiped clean.

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