Patient Safety Sentinel: Sequence for Donning Personal Protective Equipment

1. Perform Hand Hygiene

2. GOWN

Remove gown from pack and open.

Find opening at neck of gown and pull over head.

Insert arms and ensure thumbs are through the loops (this is not optional).

Fasten in back.

3. GLOVES

Don gloves ensuring that wrists are covered.


Protecting our patients is the top priority at Cooper University Health Care. We need 100 percent compliance with all patient safety procedures.

A sentinel is one who stands guard or watch to protect others. We need all employees to be sentinels to protect our patients and keep watch to ensure all patient safety procedures are being strictly followed.

One Team. One Purpose.