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How to Enter an Isolation Room

Proper PPE protects everyone.

Updated By the Career Education Institute Curriculum Team
Quick answer

Proper PPE protects everyone. In short: check; clean; put, then complete the remaining steps below.

Step by step

  1. Check the isolation sign.

  2. Clean hands.

  3. Put on required PPE.

  4. Do the task.

  5. Remove PPE correctly.

  6. Clean hands again.

Safety reminders for orderlies

  • Use proper lifting and lifts
  • Lock brakes
  • Follow isolation precautions
  • Watch for fall risks

Transport · Stretcher · Patient lift · Isolation · PPE · Specimen: see the full orderly glossary.

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