How to Safely Take off PPE, Selected Equipment: N95 and Gown

This video demonstrates the procedure described in CDC guidance for doffing (i.e., removing) personal protective equipment (PPE) for all healthcare providers entering the room of a patient hospitalized with known or suspected Ebola virus disease. It assumes the healthcare provider is using an N95 and Gown. This video is intended to supplement CDC's Guidance on Personal Protective Equipment To Be Used by Healthcare Workers During Management of Patients with Ebola Virus Disease in U.S. Hospitals, Including Procedures for Putting On (Donning) and Removing (Doffing), available at http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/hcp/procedures-for-ppe.html. This video will be updated and refined on an ongoing basis based on user feedback and best practices in managing patients with Ebola in U.S. hospitals. For additional PPE training videos, please visit: http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/hcp/ppe-training/ Comments on this video are allowed in accordance with our comment policy: http://www.cdc.gov/SocialMedia/Tools/CommentPolicy.html This video can also be viewed at: http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/hcp/ppe-training/videos/Dof_n95_Gow.mp4


Media Type: Video
  • SourceUrl: http://www.youtube.com/embed/bZA424c5sWQ
  • Syndication ID: 12535
  • Language: English
  • Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
  • Date Syndication Captured: Monday, May 23, 2016 at 10:57 PM
  • Date Syndication Updated: Monday, May 23, 2016 at 10:57 PM
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