The nurse is assisting with data collection for a quality assurance study to monitor correct technique when exiting an airborne isolation room. The nurse commends which of the following staff for performing proper technique?
1. The respiratory therapist removes mask, gown, and then gloves.
2. The housekeeper removes gloves, mask, then gown.
3. The physician removes gloves, then gown, and unties the top string of the mask, allowing it to hang around his neck.
4. The nurse removes gloves, washes hands, then removes gown and mask.
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Rationale 1: Gloves are removed first, taking care not to touch the skin with the contaminated side of the material, then the mask is removed, and finally the gown is removed. After all equipment is removed, hand hygiene should be performed. If the gown and mask are touched after hand hygiene is performed, the hands are contaminated by touching the contaminated equipment. It is never appropriate to allow a used mask to remain hanging around the neck.
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