How to clean eyelids

Preparation • Dissolve 1 heaped teaspoonful of salt or sodium bicarbonate in a jug containing 500 ml of boiled water (half a litre); allow this solution to cool (Figure 1). • Pour a very small amount of the solution into a small sterile pot on a clean surface (Figure 2). Method 1 The eyelashes • Ask the patient to close both eyes. • Take a folded gauze swab or cotton bud. • Moisten the swab or bud with the prepared solution (Figures 3 and 4). • With the swab or bud, clean gently along the eyelashes in one movement, from inner to outer canthus (Figures 5 and 6). • Discard the swab or bud after use.