Teaching Tennessee, CTE Task: Donning and Doffing PPE

Task Description

Standard(s)

Students will:

• Watch the linked video and complete guided notes
• Complete the step by step task form
• Practice donning and doffing PPE
• Film themselves accurately demonstrating the steps while narrating the rationale for each item/step

Note: for this task, students may improvise with items they have at home:

• Button down shirt for gown
• Winter gloves for gloves
• Mask they use for going out
• Sunglasses or prescription glasses for goggles
• Hand sanitizer or lotion for hand hygiene

Standard 11: Review infection control guidelines, Standard Precaution guidelines, Transmission-Based precautions, Personal Protective Equipment use, and infection control. Practice skills related to hand washing, donning and doffing a gown, masks, gloves and goggles, handling and cleaning spills, cleaning equipment, and handling laundry.

 Content Understandings

Extending Understandings

Upon successful completion of these tasks students will demonstrate the ability to: 

1. Explain the steps for donning and doffing PPE
2. Provide the rationale for the use of each item
3. Explain the rationale for the order in which they are donned and doffed.

To move students towards deeper understanding, they should be given opportunities to:

• Teach another student or a patient’s family member to perform the steps correctly.
• compare and contrast donning and doffing PPE with surgical scrubbing, gowning, and gloving

Support Strategies

If students are struggling to access this task, additional supports and strategies could be employed as students are engaging with the task.

Instructional  Resources

• Skill 13 Isolation Gown and Gloves
• Guided Notes for Watching the Isolation Gown and Gloves Video
• Guided Notes for Watching the Isolation Gown and Gloves Video key
• Step by Step Task form
• Step by Step Task form key

Online Presentation Platforms: 

PowerPoint (using the voiceover narration feature)  

Adobe Spark

Edpuzzle (free app that allows the teacher to add voiceover to online videos and incorporate questions and activities) 

The Healthcare Institute. (2016). Skill 13 Isolation Gown and Gloves. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLjfhUITM0w