How to Put on and Take off Droplet and Contact PPE

Droplet and Contact Precaution: How to Put on PPE

 

1. Perform Hand Hygiene

  • Clean hands with soap and water OR a hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol for at least 15 seconds. 
Washing hands with soap and water for at least 15 seconds

 

2. Put on Isolation Gown

  • Tie neck and waist ties securely.
Put on isolation gown and tie securely

 

3. Put on Surgical/Procedure Mask

  • Place mask over nose and mouth.
  • Secure it behind your ears.
  • Adjust the mask to ensure your nose and mouth are fully covered. 
  • Bend metal to fit at top of nose.
Put on mask by placing over your mouth and nose and securing behind your ear and bend metal on top of nose

 

4. Put on Eye Protection

  • Examples of eye protection include goggles and face shield.
  • Put on eye protection and adjust to fit.
  • Face shield should fit across forehead.
Put on eye protection such as face shield or eye googles

 

5. Put on Gloves

  • Put on gloves, taking care not to tear or puncture gloves
  • Pull gloves over gown sleeves
Put on gloves over gown sleeves

 

Droplet and Contact Precaution: How to Take off PPE

 

1. Remove Gloves

  • Pull outside edge near wrist and peel away, rolling glove inside out. 
  • Place fingers under other glove and roll inside out. 
  • Put into a garbage bag.
Remove gloves

 

2. Remove Gown

  • Untie or break the waist ties first, then the neck ties.
  • Reach up to the shoulders and carefully peel gown off shoulders and away. 
  • Turn the contaminated side towards the inside, bundle and discard it into a garbage bag.
Remove gown by untying it, pulling over body and discarding

 

3. Perform Hand Hygiene

  • Use a hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol for at least 15 seconds.
Sanitize hands with hand sanitizer

 

4. Remove Eye Protection

  • Carefully take off eye protection without touching the front, which is considered dirty. 
    Straps of goggles or face shield are considered clean. 
    Put in a garbage bag, if disposable, otherwise follow instructions for cleaning/disinfection.
Eye Protection such as face shield or eye googles

 

5. Remove Surgical/Procedure Mask

  • Use the ear loops to remove mask from face in a downward direction and put into a garbage bag.
Remove mask using ear loops and discard

 

6. Perform Hand Hygiene

  • Clean hands with soap and water OR a hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol for at least 15 seconds. 
Washing hands with soap and water for at least 15 seconds

 

7. Discard Garbage Bag

  • Tie up the garbage bag before placing it in a lined garbage bin
Tie up the Garbage Bag Before Placing it in a Lined Garbage Bin

 

Adopted from: Public Health Ontario, PPE and Non-Medical Masks in Congregate Living Settings
https://www.publichealthontario.ca/-/media/documents/ncov/cong/2020/06/covid-19-ppe-non-medical-masks-congregate-living-settings.pdf?la=en

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