The University of the West Indies
Faculty of Medical Sciences
The UWIO School of Nursing, Mona
Skills Checklist
Goal: To minimize or prevent exposure to infectious material.
Skill 27-2: Using Personal Protective Equipment
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Steps
Check physician’s order for type of precautions and
review precautions in Infection Control Manual.
Plan nursing activities and gather necessary
equipment prior to entering patient’s room.
Provide instruction about precautions to patient,
family members, and visitors.
Perform hand hygiene.
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Put on gown, gloves, mask and protective eyewear,
if recommended, as precaution
a. Tie gown securely at neck and waist.
b. Use clean disposable gloves. If worn with a
gown, draw glove cuffs over gown sleeves.
c. Securely tie and fit mask to face.
d. Wear eyewear with face shields or
protection on side of face.
When patient care is completed, remove gloves
a. Untie waist strings of gown. Grasp outside
of one glove and turn inside out to remove.
Continue to hold onto glove.
b. Insert fingers of ungloved hand inside cuff
of remaining glove. Grasp glove on inside
and remove by turning inside out. Drop in
appropriate container.
After removing gloves, remove mask:
Surgical mask
a. Untie mask and drop by strings into waste
container.
Particulate mask
a. Use hand to hold respirator in place.
b. Pull bottom strap up and over head.
c. Pull top strap overhead.
d. Remove respirator from face and save for
future use or discard according to
manufacturer’s directions.
Remove gown.
a. Gown that is not visibly soiled requires no
particular technique for removal.
For gown that is visibly soiled:
a. Untie neck strings of gown. Remove gown
without touching outside of gown by
keeping one hand up and under gown cuff
Skill Checklists to Accompany Taylor Fundamentals of Nursing: The Art and Science of Nursing Care (5 th ed.)