What is the last item to be donned in the standard garbing procedure?

What is the last item to be donned in the standard garbing procedure?

• A. Hand wash
• B. Gown
• C. Gloves
• D. Shoe covers

Answer: (C)

Gloves are worn last. After you perform hand hygiene, you don the gown to create a protective barrier for your arms and clothing. Putting the gloves on last keeps your hands clean as you complete the garb and allows the glove cuffs to fit over the gown sleeves, creating a continuous barrier from skin to sterile surfaces. If gloves were donned earlier, touching other garb could contaminate them and compromise sterility. Other items like shoe covers, hair covers, and masks are put on before to reduce contamination risk, but the final, critical barrier is the gloved hands.

Gloves are worn last. After you perform hand hygiene, you don the gown to create a protective barrier for your arms and clothing. Putting the gloves on last keeps your hands clean as you complete the garb and allows the glove cuffs to fit over the gown sleeves, creating a continuous barrier from skin to sterile surfaces. If gloves were donned earlier, touching other garb could contaminate them and compromise sterility. Other items like shoe covers, hair covers, and masks are put on before to reduce contamination risk, but the final, critical barrier is the gloved hands.