Take off the isolation clothes first or wash your hands first

Take off the isolation clothes first and then wash your hands. Wash hands immediately after taking off the isolation clothes to avoid polluting other patients. At present, the protection level of novel coronavirus in China is required to be level III protection. The wearing and taking off sequence of level III protection articles is: hand washing clothes - Hats - masks - Gloves - isolation clothes - shoe covers - Gloves - Goggles - shoe covers - sterile clothes.

In the process of wearing isolation clothes, it is necessary to check whether the gloves and foot covers are double-layer. When wearing goggles, if conditions permit, a layer of screen can be added on the outer layer, which can also increase the coefficient of protection and help reduce the risk of new coronal pneumonia among medical personnel.

Key points of using medical isolation clothing

Protection is an important performance requirement of medical protective clothing, mainly including liquid barrier, microbial barrier and barrier to particulate matter. Liquid barrier means that the medical protective clothing should be able to prevent the penetration of water, blood, alcohol and other liquids, and have a hydrophobicity of more than grade 4 to avoid contaminating clothes and human body. To prevent the patient's blood, body fluid and other secretions from transmitting the virus to the medical personnel during the operation.

The barrier property of the isolation coat to microorganisms includes the barrier to bacteria and viruses. The barrier to bacteria is mainly to prevent the contact transmission (and reverse transmission) of medical personnel to the patient's surgical wound during the operation. The barrier to the virus is mainly to prevent the medical staff from contacting the blood and body fluid of the patient, and the virus carried therein may cause cross infection between the doctor and the patient.