PPE skills

What is the first item you should put on when applying PPE in the health care setting?

• Gloves

• Mask

• Goggles

• Gown

What is the last item you should always don when using PPE in the health care setting?

• Gloves

• Mask

• Goggles

• Gown

When you are considering the "sequence" to apply your PPE it is important to "be practical" as well.

• True

• False

• No - you must ALWAYS follow the CDC guideline / sequence

If an isolation gown is too small you should:

• Use it anyway - just don't back into anything

• Wear a patients gown underneath it but over your own clothes

• Just put on two - any way you can get them on

• Use two - one open to the front and tied in the front followed by one open to the back and tied in the back

When donning a mask or respirator it is important to make sure it is securely covering which three areas?

• Eyes, Ears, Throat

• Nose, Mouth, Chin

• Eyes, Nose, Mouth

• Forehead, Nose, Chin

When using a particulate respirator it is important that you perform what BEFORE entering the patients room

• Hand washing

• PPE application

• A fit check

• Sterile procedures

When you perform a "_____ ______" on a particulate respirator you should inhale and exhale deeply to make sure the respirator collapses slightly upon inhalation and that there are no leaks upon exhalation

• Fit Check

• Stink Assessment

• Product Evaluation

• Sterile Procedure

You should always don your gloves

• First

• Second

• Last

• Whenever it is convenient

When you don your gloves it is important to make sure that you extend the glove over what?

• Your hand

• The cuff of your isolation gown

• Your fingers

• Your goggles

You should always keep gloved hands away from your face

• True

• False