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    1) This document provides instructions for healthcare workers on properly removing personal protective equipment (PPE) after caring for a COVID-19 patient, with different procedures depending on whether the next patient is COVID-positive or not. 2) For a COVID-positive patient, workers are instructed to perform "extended wear" of gloves and gown during terminal doffing procedures to avoid contamination. 3) For a non-COVID patient, workers remove gloves and gown using terminal doffing procedures before exiting the patient room and sanitizing hands.

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    1) This document provides instructions for healthcare workers on properly removing personal protective equipment (PPE) after caring for a COVID-19 patient, with different procedures depending on whether the next patient is COVID-positive or not. 2) For a COVID-positive patient, workers are instructed to perform "extended wear" of gloves and gown during terminal doffing procedures to avoid contamination. 3) For a non-COVID patient, workers remove gloves and gown using terminal doffing procedures before exiting the patient room and sanitizing hands.

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    Off Ace Conserve Covid Unit Inside Room

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    Giulia Lungulescu
    1) This document provides instructions for healthcare workers on properly removing personal protective equipment (PPE) after caring for a COVID-19 patient, with different procedures depending on whether the next patient is COVID-positive or not. 2) For a COVID-positive patient, workers are instructed to perform "extended wear" of gloves and gown during terminal doffing procedures to avoid contamination. 3) For a non-COVID patient, workers remove gloves and gown using terminal doffing procedures before exiting the patient room and sanitizing hands.

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    COVID-19 Unit - INSIDE patient room

    taking
    PPE OFF (ACE)

    Is your next patient COVID+ ?

    COVID+ = “Extended Wear” NO = “Terminal doffing”

    1 1 2 3 Untie the waist.


    Sanitize gloves. Reach back and re-
    Sanitize gloves.
    lease the neck portion.

    2 4 5 6
    Take off the first glove. Pull the bare hand into Using the hand in the
    Remove gloves. the sleeve of the gown. sleeve, remove the
    other glove.

    7 8 9
    3
    Sanitize hands. Remove Sanitize hands.
    Use hands into bin
    inside the for reuse
    gown to without
    scrunch touching
    or pull outside of
    sleeves off. gown.
    2020 Emory University, created by Visual Medical Education. Updated April 3, 2020

    EXIT patient room EXIT patient room

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