Table of Contents
Before you start…
- Gather equipment
- Surgical mask – put this on now (you should already have a surgical hat on)
- Sterile gown pack (contains 2 towels and a gown)
- Sterile gloves
- Sterile brush/sponge (with nail pick inside)
- Prepare equipment
- Open outer packaging of gown pack and drop pack onto clean surface
- Unfold the sterile inner packaging of gown pack (touching only the corners of the packet) over a surface to create a sterile field
- Open the outer packaging of the gloves and drop them into the sterile field
- Open the sponge packet and leave inside its container by the sink
From now on, keep your hands elevated above your elbows…
Wash hands and forearms (1 minute)Â
– Turn taps on
– Rinse hands and forearms
– Apply 3 doses of scrub solution to hands (using elbows to dispense it)
– Wash hands and forearms for 1 minute
– Rinse off scrub solution (keeping hands higher than elbows)
Clean nails (1 minute)
– Apply scrub solution to hands and forearms
– Use nail pick to clean each nail in turn (rinse pick after each nail)
– Rinse hands and forearm
– Apply water and scrub solution to brush (using elbows to dispense it)
– Scrub nails
– Rinse off scrub solution (keeping hands higher than elbows)
Wash hands and forearms again (3 minutes)
– Apply 3 doses of scrub solution to hands (using elbows to dispense it)
– Wash hands very thoroughly and then down to forearms (but not down as far as the first wash)
– Rinse off scrub solution (keeping hands higher than elbows)
– Turn off the taps using your elbows
Dry arms
– Use a separate sterile towel for each arm (from scrub gown pack)
– Start at fingers and work down to elbows (dabbing to dry), then discard towel
Apply gown
– Place hands in sleeve pockets on either side of gown
– Raise your arms high and step backward so the gown falls open in the air
– Slide your arms into the sleeves (but ensure your hands remain inside the cuffs)
– Hold your arms up in the air and ask a colleague to tie the back of the gown
Put on gloves
– Open the sterile inner packaging of the gloves using the cuffs of your gown
– Using your right hand (inside the gown cuff), place left glove over left cuff with your left palm facing upwards
– Open your left hand into the glove leaving the cuff around your wrist (inside the glove)
– Repeat on other side
Secure the gown
– Hand the card attached to the gown’s right tie to a colleague
– Ask them to hold it while you turn around 360Ëš (left)
– Pull the strap away from the card they are holding so it detaches
– Tie the strap to the other strap in a bow to secure the gown
