COVID-19 Procedure: Protocol for Donning and Removing PPE

Follow this COVID-19 procedure to ensure your donning and removal of PPE meets best practice. This can be used as an audit of ongoing practices, a process to run every time, or as a printable checklist for display in the removal areas. Page 7.

COVID-19 Procedure: Protocol for Donning and Removing PPE:

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Protocol for Donning PPE:

Put on special work clothes and work shoes

Wash hands

Put on disposable surgical cap

Put on medical protective mask (N95)

Put on inner disposable nitrite/latex gloves

Put on goggles and protective clothing

Put on outer disposable latex gloves

Protocol for Removing PPE:

Wash hands and remove visible bodily fluids

Replace outer gloves with new gloves

Remove respirator or full face mask

Wash hands

Remove disposable gowns along with outer gloves (if used)

Wash hands and put on outer gloves

Enter Removal Area Number 1:

Wash hands and remove protective clothing

Wash hands

Enter Removal Area Number 2:

Wash hands and remove goggles

Wash hands and remove mask

Wash hands and remove cap

Wash hands and remove inner disposable latex gloves

Wash hands

Leave Removal Area Number 2:

Wash hands

Take a shower

Put on clean clothes

Enter the clean area

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COVID-19 Procedure: Protocol for Donning and Removing PPE:

This process template is part of our COVID-19 Procedures pack.

It is built as a reproduction of the procedures outlined in the Handbook of COVID-19 Prevention and Treatment (2020) produced by The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine (FAHZU).

FAHZU had great success in combatting the novel Coronavirus COVID-19 and this handbook outlines best-practices, procedures, and useful charts for hospitals and medical centers to practically employ.

The items contained within the handbook were compiled according to clinical experience.

You can edit this process template to adapt it to the specific needs of your institution. When you come to follow the procedure, you can run this template as a checklist. You can add form fields throughout the checklist to gather information. You can connect your Process Street account with other platforms via automation to automatically store or utilize any data entered into your checklists.

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You can find the full handbook embedded below.

Process Street is not a medical institution and the items contained in this process template are illustrative and not intended to be understood as medical advice. Please refer to the attached PDF document for any and all medical or operational recommendations.

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Protocol for Donning PPE:

Put on special work clothes and work shoes

Wash hands

Put on disposable surgical cap

Put on medical protective mask (N95)

Put on inner disposable nitrite/latex gloves

Put on goggles and protective clothing

If wearing protective clothing without foot covers, please also put on separate waterproof boot covers.
Put on a disposable isolation gown if required in the specific work zone.
Put on a face shield/powered air-purifying respirator, if required in the specific work zone.

Put on outer disposable latex gloves

Protocol for Removing PPE:

Wash hands and remove visible bodily fluids

Wash hands and remove visible bodily fluids/blood contaminants on the outer surfaces of both hands.

Replace outer gloves with new gloves

Remove respirator or full face mask

Remove powered air-purifying respirator or self-priming filter-type full-face mask/mask (if used).

Wash hands

Remove disposable gowns along with outer gloves (if used)

Wash hands and put on outer gloves

Enter Removal Area Number 1:

Wash hands and remove protective clothing

Wash hands and remove protective clothing along with outer gloves (for gloves and protective clothing, turn inside out, while rolling them down) (note: if used, remove the waterproof boot covers with clothing)