APPLYING STERILE GOWN PERFORMING CLOSED GLOVING

1. Hello and Good Day! My name is Darwin, and I'll be
doing or demonstrating the Gowning and Closed
Gloving
- I do gowning to help control infection via aseptic
principles, and I also perform closed gloving to reduce the
risk of exposure to blood and body fluid for the health
care workers.
- Before entering the operating room or treatment area,
make it sure to wear cap, face mask eye wear, and foot
covers to helps prevent the spread of germs.
2. Now let’s perform surgical hand washing, this is done
to remove dirt, oils and bacteria from the hands and
forearms of operating personnel
A. With hands covered by gown sleeves, open inner
sterile glove package
B. Using my dominant hand, I will pick up the glovefor my
non-dominant hand.
C. I will extend my non-dominat hand forearm with pal
facing upward and place the palm of glove against palm
of non-dominant hand
D. Grasp back of glove cuff with covered dominant hand
and turn glove cuff over end of non-dominat hand and
gown cuff
E. Grasp top of glove and underlying gown sleeve with
covered dominant hand

3-4. The Circulating Nurse is responsible for managing all F. Use a gloved non-dominant hand to pull on the glove.
nursing cafe within the operating room, observing the Keep hand inside sleeve
surgical team from a broad perspective, and assisting the
team to create and maintain a safe, comfortable G. Be sure that fingers are fully extended into both gloves
environment for the patients’ surgery.
H. For wraparound sterile glowns: take gloved hand and
5. Reach down to the sterile gown package; lift folded release fastener or ties in front of gown
gown directly upward and step back away from table.
I. Hand paper tab connected to sterile tie to circulating
6. Holding folded gown, locate neckband. With both nurse, who is non-sterile. Circulating nurse stands still as
hands grasp the inside front of gown just below the you turn completely around to left, allowing for margin of
neckband safety as gown wraps around and covers your back. Tale
sterile tie from circulating nurse and secure tie to gown.
7. Allow the gown to unfold, keeping the inside of the
gown toward the body. Do not touch the outside of the
gown with bare hands. Since outside of the gown
considered as sterile

8. With hands at shoulder level, slip both arms into

armholes simultaneously. Ask circulating nurse to bring
gown over your shoulders by reaching inside to arm
seams and pulling gown on, leaving sleeves covering
hands

9. Have circulating nurse securely tie back of gown at

neck and waist. If gown is wraparound stgyle, do not
touch sterile flap to cover it until you are gloved.

10. Closed gloving