Participants also identified a number of factors which they felt impacted on the patient bed-bath. These were grouped into organisational factors such as: routine practice; timing; workload; the necessity for other procedures/investigations for the patient; level of experience of staff; the RN's personal practice preference; and product availability and patient factors such as: incontinence; diaphoresis; post-procedure/post surgery; freshen-up and the patient's family wishes.