This document provides a skills checklist for students to practice standard precautions, including the proper procedure for using non-sterile gloves. The 11-step checklist guides students through selecting gloves, putting gloves on and pulling the cuffs over gown sleeves, removing gloves by grasping and pulling the cuff inside out without touching skin, and storing or discarding gloves properly. Students must demonstrate passing each step and are instructed to switch roles and repeat the procedure with a partner.
This document provides a skills checklist for students to practice standard precautions, including the proper procedure for using non-sterile gloves. The 11-step checklist guides students through selecting gloves, putting gloves on and pulling the cuffs over gown sleeves, removing gloves by grasping and pulling the cuff inside out without touching skin, and storing or discarding gloves properly. Students must demonstrate passing each step and are instructed to switch roles and repeat the procedure with a partner.
This document provides a skills checklist for students to practice standard precautions, including the proper procedure for using non-sterile gloves. The 11-step checklist guides students through selecting gloves, putting gloves on and pulling the cuffs over gown sleeves, removing gloves by grasping and pulling the cuff inside out without touching skin, and storing or discarding gloves properly. Students must demonstrate passing each step and are instructed to switch roles and repeat the procedure with a partner.
1. Select a partner as directed by the teacher. 2. Collect the following items: a. Non-Sterile Gloves 3. Cleanse your hands. 4. Place the gloves on and pull the cuff of each glove over the sleeve of your gown. 5. If needed, interlace your fingers to position gloves correctly on your hands and fingers. 6. To remove, grasp the cuff of a glove with the opposite hand. Pull the glove downward while turning it inside out. Be sure not to touch any skin to the outside of the glove. 7. Hold the removed glove in your gloved hand. 8. Slip the fingers of the ungloved hand beneath the cuff of the gloved hand. Pull the glove downward while turning it inside out. Do not touch any skin to the outside of the glove. 9. Store the gloves according to your teacher’s instructions. (If you had worn the gloves for a procedure, you would have discarded them into a biohazardous waste container.) 10. Cleanse your hands. 11. If working with a partner, switch roles, and repeat the procedure according to your teacher’s instructions.