TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF INFECTION

Perform hand hygiene prior to entering the room

Donning sequence of PPE:

1. Gown
2. Mask
N95 respirator: To be used for prolonged contact
*Visitors should wear an isolation mask
3. Face protection
4. Gloves
Doffing sequence of PPE:
Hand hygiene must be performed following each step of PPE removal
1. Remove gown and gloves, perform hand hygiene
2. Don clean pair of gloves and remove face protection: wipe down after use , place it in a paper bag,
remove gloves, perform hand hygiene
3. Don clean pair of gloves, remove N95 respirator or mask, place N95 in a paper bag, perform hand
hygiene
Hand hygiene when exiting environment
 Use dedicated or single use disposable patient equipment.  When this is not possible, disinfection
of common use items must be performed

Contact time: 2 minutes

Reuse of N95 respirator:

 N95 respirator and face protection will be stored in separate paper bags after use.
 Donning sequence for reuse:
o Gown
o Gloves prior to donning N95 respirator
o Remove gloves and perform hand hygiene
o Gloves prior to donning eye protection
o Remove gloves and perform hand hygiene
o Gloves
 Discard N95 respirator after the following scenarios:
o Aerosol generating procedures
o Becomes contaminated with blood, respiratory or nasal secretions, or other bodily fluids
o Following close contact with any patient co-infected with an infectious disease requiring contact
precautions
o Damaged and/or straps are stretched out or torn
o Becomes difficult to breathe through
 Once patient leaves the room, it will take 35 minutes for the air to clear. For anyone that enters the room
during this time, mask/N95 must be worn