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Keep hands away from face. Limit surfaces touched. Change gloves when torn or heavily contaminated. Perform hand hygiene. There are a variety of ways to safely remove PPE without contaminating your clothing, skin, or mucous membranes with potentially infectious materials. Here is one example.
SEQUENCE FOR DONNING PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (PPE) The type of PPE used will vary based on the level of precautions required; e.g., Standard and Contact, Droplet or Airborne Infection Isolation. 1. GOWN. Fully cover torso from neck to knees, arms to end of wrists, and wrap around the back. Fasten in back of neck and waist.
Donning means to put on and use PPE properly to achieve the intended protection and minimize the risk of exposure. Doffing means removing PPE in a way that avoids self-contamination. For example, avoid skin and mucous membrane contact with potentially infectious materials, and chemical and biological agents.
Learn the proper sequence for putting on and taking off personal protective equipment (PPE)
The steps for doffing include removing shoe covers, gowns, gloves, hand hygiene, eye protection, and respiratory protection, and a final hand hygiene step. The order and method are designed to minimize the risk of exposure to infectious materials that may have been collected on the PPE.
Before putting on your PPE, make sure you: drink some fluids; tie hair back; remove jewellery; check which items of PPE you need; check PPE in the correct size is available; To put on your PPE ...
To provide instruction on the correct sequencing for donning (putting on) and doffing (taking off) personal protective equipment.
DOFFING- HOW TO SAFELY REMOVE PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (PPE) NOVEL RESPIRATORY ISOLATON DURING UNIVERSAL MASKING (WASHABLE GOWNS) • Remove Gown and Gloves in the patient room or anteroom. • Remove Face Shield and N95 in the Hallway. These steps also apply when doffing after N95 Extended Use.
Proper PPE use requires health care workers to wash their hands before donning or after doffing PPE, and essentially anytime they enter or exit a room with a patient. It also is important for residents to be mindful of what they are touching and the order in which they remove safety equipment.
Personal protective equipment (PPE) helps protect healthcare workers (HCWs) from pathogens and prevents cross-contamination. PPE effectiveness is often undermined by inappropriate doffing methods. Our knowledge of how HCWs approach doffing PPE in practice is limited. In this qualitative study, we examine HCWs’ perspectives about doffing PPE.