Help :( getting confused with PPE

Nursing Students NCLEX

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Hi. I know everyone already knows this but I was answering a Saunders Q&A 5th Ed question regarding PPE and I'm getting a bit confused.

According to the CDC (http://www.cdc.gov/HAI/pdfs/ppe/ppeposter148.pdf), you're supposed to remove:

1. gloves first

2. goggles

3. gown

4. mask

This is the question from the book (Saunders Q&A 5E):

A nurse has cared for a client on isolation that required the use of gloves, a mask, goggles, and a gown. Number in order of priority how the nurse removes the protective items on leaving the client's room. (Number 1 is the first action and number 6 is the last action)

__ removes goggles

__ removes the mask

__ removes the gloves

__ allows the gown to fall from the shoulders

__ unties the neck strings and the back strings of the gown

__ holds the gown inside at the shoulder seams, folds it inside out, and discards it in the appropriate trash receptacle or laundry bag

The correct answer in the book is: 6,2,1,4,3,5.

I'm getting confused what I should follow. Can anyone please help me? Or am I missing something?

Nice, never thought of it that way ;) Thanks. I'm definitely sticking to the CDC guideline.

How do you know it won't come out in NCLEX? :o

Mask last. I got nabbed in lab for that. LOL

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