Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

DONNING PPE DOFFING PPE

(Before entering the patient room) (remove gloves and gown at doorway, mask
and eyewear in enteroom or outside room)
Step Hand hygiene
1 Step Removing and disposing of gloves
Remove jewellery – Ensure
1
bare below the elbows
• Perform hand hygiene

Step Fitting gown

2
• Put the gown on so that •Remove by • Immediately Perform
your front and arms are dispose of gloves in hand
gripping at cuffs
fully covered and gown appropriate waste hygiene
opening is at the back
• Fasten ties at the neck Step Removing and disposing of gown
and at the back 2

Step Apply and fit mask –

3 surgical mask for
droplet precautions

• Metal band fitted across

bridge of nose •With clean hands untie gown • Roll gown into
Perform
• Touching only the inside of bundle and hand
PFR for airborne the gown, pull from neck and discard in hygiene
shoulders, then arms, turning appropriate
precautions. waste
inside out as gown is removed
• If PFR required (N95/P2),
perform fit check Step Removing and disposing of
3 goggles/ face shield
Step Fitting goggles or
4 face shield
• Position goggles over
eyes or face shield over
face
• Adjust if necessary
• Discard or • Perform hand
•Remove eyewear
Step Hand hygiene by handling sides or
reprocess with
disinfectant
hygiene

5 back only
wipes, store dry
• Perform hand hygiene

Step Removing and disposing of mask

4

Step Fit gloves over

6 cuff of gown
• Fit gloves, adjusting at
the cuffs Perform
• Remove mask by only handling at
ties, then discard in appropriate waste hand
hygiene