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PPE — Putting On and Taking Off, in the Right Order

Donning: gown, mask, eye protection, gloves. Doffing: gloves, gown, hand hygiene, eye protection, mask, hand hygiene. Most infections are caught taking it off

Free A4 print-ready PDF · 1 page · keep the ASF mark · scan the QR on the print to return here

PPE — Putting On and Taking Off, in the Right Order

What it is

Two-column card: the donning sequence and the doffing sequence, with the hand-hygiene points marked and the common errors.

Where to use it

At the entrance and exit of every isolation room and the PPE station; laminated. Evidence for: Hospital Standard 3 — infection prevention (PPE use). Evidence for: Hospital Standard 3 — infection prevention (PPE use). Evidence for: Hospital Standard 3 — infection prevention (PPE use). Evidence for: Hospital Standard 3 — infection prevention (PPE use). Evidence for: Hospital Standard 3 — infection prevention (PPE use). Evidence for: Hospital Standard 3 — infection prevention (PPE use). Evidence for: Hospital Standard 3 — infection prevention (PPE use).

Translate and adapt

English master edition. Georgian and other translations are added as they are clinically reviewed. Any facility may translate, add its logo and adapt wording to local practice — keeping the ASF block, the source attribution and the licence line on the sheet. Clinical thresholds and drug doses must be confirmed against national protocols before use.

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Adapted by ASF from openly licensed WHO, IAEA, AHRQ, CDC and NHS material, or ASF original — source and licence stated on every sheet. Free for any facility. Keep the ASF block.
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