Why we need isolation gowns？

For doctors, According to the needs of the treatment work, should be selected and properly put on and take off isolation gown or protective gown. Isolation gown should be rear opening, can cover all the clothes and exposed skin.

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Under what circumstances do I need to wear isolation gowns and protective gowns?

What to pay attention to when wearing and taking off isolation gowns?

Under what circumstances do I need to wear isolation gowns and protective gowns?

The following situations should wear isolation gown: 1 contact with patients with infectious diseases such as infectious diseases, multi-drug resistant bacterial infections, etc. 2 patient protective isolation, such as large burns, bone marrow transplantation and other patient treatment, care. 3 may be subject to the patient's blood, body fluids, secretions, excreta spray.

Protective gown should be worn in the following situations: 1 When clinical staff are in contact with patients with infectious diseases of category A or those managed as category A infectious diseases. 2 When in contact with patients with airborne or droplet-transmitted infectious diseases and may be splashed with patients' blood, body fluids, secretions, or excretions.

What to pay attention to when wearing and taking off isolation gowns?

Due to the impact of this year's new coronavirus pneumonia epidemic, the protection of individuals and health care workers is particularly important, because inappropriate protective measures are likely to lead to their own infection, and can seriously endanger life, so today I mainly share with you about the content of putting on and taking off isolation gown.

Putting on and taking off isolation gown is one of the 17 operations that are very important, and is the basis for the operation of medical and nursing staff in infectious disease departments. Once the operating principles are violated, bacteria and viruses will take advantage of the situation and infect the body.

This operation as long as you follow the steps step by step operation, basically the place of deduction is very little, but there is a point is relatively special, is in the process of dressing, the collar is the cleanest, this place absolutely can not be contaminated, next we will briefly look at the steps to put on and take off isolation gown.

All operations require preparation, including nurses, environment and preparation of materials; the next is to assess the environment and patients, because this operation does not require contact with patients, so it is omitted to assess the patient's situation, the next is the process of dressing, take clothes - wear sleeves - tie the collar - tie the cuffs - tie the belt, of course, the most important thing here is to tie the collar, do not lower your head when tied, once you lower your head may be contaminated; The order of undressing is basically the opposite order of dressing, unbuckle the belt - unbuckle the cuffs - unbuckle the collar - take off the sleeves - hang the hook, take off the clothes and also isolate the brush hand, take off the isolated clothes such as hanging in the semi-polluted area, clean facing out; hanging in the polluted area is contaminated facing out.