• Put on PPE before contact with the patient, preferably before entering the patient's room. When using transmission-based precautions, put on PPE before entering the patient's room.
• Choose appropriate PPE based on the type of exposure anticipated and type of transmission-based precautions.
• When wearing gloves, work from “clean” areas to “dirty” areas.
• Change gloves between tasks on the same patient when moving from a contaminated body site to a clean body site, and remove gloves promptly after use.
• Touch as few surfaces and items with your PPE as possible.
• Avoid touching or adjusting PPE.
• Keep gloved hands away from your face.
• If gloves become torn or heavily soiled, remove and replace. Perform hand hygiene before putting on the new gloves.
• Personal glasses and contact lenses are not adequate eye protection and are not a substitute for goggles.
• As diseases/infections/conditions emerge or their prevalence increases, guidelines need to evolve. The CDC issued revised guidelines related to coronavirus disease (COVID-19), which are available at http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/healthcare-us/ppe/guidance.html.

Source: Adapted from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (2020a). Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nCoV/hcp/; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (2007; updated 2019). Guideline for isolation precautions: Preventing transmission of infectious agents in healthcare settings. https://www.cdc.gov/infectioncontrol/guidelines/isolation/index.html