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4.11: Skills Checklist- Donning/Doffing PPE Without a Mask

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    1. Gather Supplies: Gown, gloves, and alcohol-based sanitizer
    2. Procedure Steps:
      • Perform hand hygiene.
      • Face the back opening of the gown.
      • Unfold the gown.
      • Put your arms into the sleeves.
      • Secure the neck opening behind your head.
      • Secure the waist, making sure that the back flaps overlap each other and cover your clothing as completely as possible.
      • Put on gloves.
      • Ensure the gloves overlap the gown sleeves at the wrist.
      • When care has been completed and before leaving the room, remove the gloves BEFORE removing the gown.
      • Remove the gloves, turning them inside out.
      • Dispose of the gloves in the appropriate container.
      • Perform hand hygiene.
      • Unfasten the gown at the neck.
      • Unfasten the gown at the waist.
      • Remove the gown starting at the top of the shoulders, turning it inside out and folding soiled area to soiled area.
      • Dispose of the gown in an appropriate container.
      • Perform hand hygiene.

    View a YouTube video[1] of an instructor demonstrating donning/doffing PPE without a mask:

     

    1. Chippewa Valley Technical College. (2022, December 3). Donning/Doffing PPE Without a Mask. [Video]. YouTube. Video licensed under CC BY 4.0. https://youtu.be/yP1eIqGJSS8 ↵

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