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HSE Covid-19 Doffing Coverall

1) Healthcare workers should remove all PPE except their face mask before exiting an isolation room without an anteroom. They should remove their face mask after exiting the isolation room. 2) To remove a coverall, healthcare workers should remove their gloves and perform hand hygiene. They should then unzip the coverall while tilting their head back and removing their arms from the sleeves. 3) The coverall should then be rolled into a ball without touching the outside and discarded in the healthcare risk waste bin. Goggles and respirators or facemasks should then be removed and hand hygiene performed.

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HSE Covid-19 Doffing Coverall

1) Healthcare workers should remove all PPE except their face mask before exiting an isolation room without an anteroom. They should remove their face mask after exiting the isolation room. 2) To remove a coverall, healthcare workers should remove their gloves and perform hand hygiene. They should then unzip the coverall while tilting their head back and removing their arms from the sleeves. 3) The coverall should then be rolled into a ball without touching the outside and discarded in the healthcare risk waste bin. Goggles and respirators or facemasks should then be removed and hand hygiene performed.

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Doffing Coveralls in the context of COVID 19

DOFFING: if the isolation room has an ante room, the HCW can exit the isolation room and
remove all PPE in the ante room. If the HCW is in a patient room or cohort area which does not
have an anteroom, remove PPE prior to exit EXCEPT for the surgical face mask/respirator mask
which should be removed after exit from the patient room or cohort area.

Remove gloves Perform hand Put on a new If wearing face Grasp the outer
and dispose. hygiene. The pair of gloves shield remove edges of the
coverall thumb to complete the now. hood and lift it
loop will still doffing process. up and off the
be in position, head.
so proper hand
hygiene will not
be feasible.

Remove the coverall- Unzip the coveralls by tilting your head back, slide your fingers up to reach the top of the zipper,
holding the zip taut, unzip completely without touching any skin or clothing.

A. Free your B. Remove your arms C. Place hands


shoulders from the coveralls inside coverall
by keeping them and roll the
behind your back coverall, from
and pulling each arm the waist down
out of the sleeves, to the footwear.
remove the gloves Sit down and
from each hand at step out of the
the same time. coverall.

Remember – only touch


D. Roll the used coverall into a ball, taking care not to touch the outside of the coverall. the inside of the coverall
Discard the coverall into the healthcare risk waste bin.

Remove Goggles Remove Respirator or Surgical Perform hand


if wearing. Facemask. Lean forward slightly, hygiene.
grasp the ties /straps from the top
If in the patient of the head and gently pull off the
facemask. Do not touch the front
room or cohort
of the mask. If
area, you will the mask has
need to exit to the ear loops- lean
corridor to remove forward and
grasp the loop
your mask.
from each
earlobe and take
off and discard.

Many thanks to Public Health England for the use of their images. Produced by the HSE AMRIC team [email protected]

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