Donning & Doffing (PPE Order)
The medical term that means "putting on" your protective gear.
What is donning?
The single most effective way to prevent the spread of infections in a healthcare setting.
What is hand hygiene (handwashing / sanitizing)?
What the acronym PPE stands for.
What is Personal Protective Equipment?
These vital signs measure body warmth, heart rate, breathing, and pressure against artery walls.
What are temperature, pulse, respiration, and blood pressure?
On hospital TV shows, doctors call the room where surgeries are performed the "OR." What does OR stand for?
What is Operating Room?
This piece of PPE comes off FIRST during the doffing process because it is the most contaminated.
What are gloves?
The color of the special container used for disposing of used needles, scalpels, and broken glass.
What is red (Sharps Container)?
The medical term that means "taking off" your protective gear.
What is doffing?
The normal, healthy average body temperature for a human in Fahrenheit.
What is 98.6°F?
POP CULTURE: In TV shows like Grey's Anatomy, when doctors shout "STAT!", what does it mean?
What is Immediately / Right now?
The piece of face PPE removed LAST when doffing, right before final hand hygiene.
What is a mask / N95?
Under standard precautions, you should treat all human blood and body fluids as if they are this.
What is infectious / contaminated?
Pathogens or microorganisms that cause disease are commonly called this 5-letter word.
What are germs
The tool a doctor or nurse uses to listen to heart and lung sounds.
What is a stethoscope?
In movies, when a heart monitor makes a straight line and a long continuous beep, it is called this.
What is flatlining?
When donning a gown, glove cuffs should be pulled over or under this part of the gown.
What is over (the wrists/cuffs)?
Nurse Sam takes off their dirty gloves and immediately touches their face. What step was missed?
What is hand hygiene (or sanitizing)?
The process of removing or killing all harmful microorganisms on an object or surface.
What is sanitizing / disinfecting?
The medical term for the "windpipe" that carries air to your lungs.
What is the trachea?
What superhero got his powers from being exposed to gamma radiation?
Who is The Incredible Hulk?
When donning a gown, glove cuffs should be pulled over or under this part of the gown.
What is the inside (uncontaminated side)?
The maximum amount of time dirty hands should be scrubbed with soap and water according to CDC minimum guidelines.
What is 20 seconds (or singing "Happy Birthday" twice)?
Infection acquired by a patient while staying inside a hospital or healthcare facility (HAI).
What is a nosocomial infection (or Hospital-Acquired Infection)?
This red fluid transports oxygen through your body; its red color comes from this iron-rich protein.
What is hemoglobin / red blood cells (or blood)?
I have no lungs, but I need air; I have no mouth, but water kills me. What am I?
What is fire?