4.12 Skills Checklist: Donning/Doffing PPE With a Mask and Face Shield or Goggles
- Gather Supplies: Gown, mask, face shield, goggles, and alcohol-based sanitizer
- Procedure Steps:
- Face the back opening of the gown.
- Unfold the gown.
- Put your arms into the sleeves.
- Secure the neck opening at the back of your neck.
- Secure the waist, making sure that the back flaps overlap each other and covering your clothing as completely as possible.
- Put on a mask and, if needed, goggles or face shield.
- Put on gloves.
- Ensure the gloves overlap the gown sleeves at the wrist.
- When care is complete and before leaving the room, remove the gloves BEFORE removing the gown.
- Remove the gloves, turning them inside out.
- Dispose of the gloves in the appropriate container.
- Perform hand hygiene.
- Remove any goggles or face shield and place in the appropriate receptacle.
- Unfasten the gown at the neck.
- Unfasten the gown at the waist.
- Remove the gown starting at the top of the shoulders, turning it inside out and folding soiled area to soiled area.
- Dispose of the gown in an appropriate container.
- Remove the mask by grasping loop behind ear or untying at back of head.
- Perform hand hygiene.
Review the Sequence for putting on personal protective equipment PDF handout[1] from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) with current recommendations for putting on and removing PPE.
View a YouTube video[2] of an instructor demonstrating donning/doffing PPE with a mask and face shield or goggles:
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (n.d.). Sequence for putting on personal protective equipment [Handout]. https://www.cdc.gov/hai/pdfs/ppe/ppe-sequence.pdf ↵
- Chippewa Valley Technical College. (2022, December 3). Donning/Doffing PPE With a Mask and Face Shield or Goggles. [Video]. YouTube. Video licensed under CC BY 4.0. https://youtu.be/H-rXxFkmWBY ↵
