Donning and Removing Gloves

Equipment
- Gloves (both clean and sterile)
- Trash receptacle

Procedure
1. Wash your hands to remove microorganism and avoid contamination.

2. Remove glove from glove receptacles

3. Hold glove at wrist edge and slip finger into opening. Pull glove up to wrist.

4. Place gloved hand under wrist edge of second glove and slip fingers in to opening.

5. Remove glove by pulling off, touching only out side of glove at cuff, so that glove turns inside out.

6. Place rolled-up glove in palm of second hand.

7. Remove second glove by slipping one finger under glove edge and pulling down and off so that glove turns inside out. Both gloves are removed as a unit.

8. Dispose of gloves in proper container, not at bedside.

9. Wash your hands.