DONNING AND REMOVING OF STERILE GLOVES

• Donning and Removing Sterile Gloves

  1. Assess the situation to determine the necessity for sterile gloves

  2. Check the patient's medical record for information about a possible latex allergy

  3. Select correct size and type of glove

  4. Select a clean, dry work surface above waist level

  5. Complete all priority care tasks before beginning procedure

  6. Check that the sterile glove package is dry and unopened

  7. Perform hand hygiene and put on PPE, if indicated

  8. Peel open the outer pack from the corners and lay it on the surface

  9. Open the inner glove wrapper exposing the cuffed gloves with palms facing up

  10. Pick up the first glove by the cuff, touching only the inside portion of the cuff

  11. While holding the cuff in one hand, slip your other hand into the glove

  12. Pick up the second glove by sliding the fingers of the gloved hand under the cuff of the second glove

  13. Put the second glove on the ungloved hand by maintaining a steady pull on the cuff

  14. Using the dominant hand with gloves, grasp the other glove near the cuff end and remove by inverting it

  15. Slide fingers of hand without glove inside the remaining glove. Grasp glove in the inside by turning inside out over hand and the other glove

  16. Discard glove in appropriate container and wash hands
• Sterile field should be prepared as close as possible to time of use
• Moisture contaminates a sterile package
• Expiration date indicates the period that the package remains sterile