In the nonhazardous garbing sequence, what is the step performed immediately after washing hands?

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In the nonhazardous garbing sequence, what is the step performed immediately after washing hands?

After hand hygiene, the next step is to don the sterile gown. The gown creates the first barrier between your clothing and the clean area, helping prevent contaminants from shed from the torso and arms from reaching the sterile field. Putting on the gown first also protects the subsequent garbing steps (mask, shoe covers, gloves) from being contaminated by clothing. Gloves are worn last to keep the hands as clean as possible when finalizing the garbing process.

After hand hygiene, the next step is to don the sterile gown. The gown creates the first barrier between your clothing and the clean area, helping prevent contaminants from shed from the torso and arms from reaching the sterile field. Putting on the gown first also protects the subsequent garbing steps (mask, shoe covers, gloves) from being contaminated by clothing. Gloves are worn last to keep the hands as clean as possible when finalizing the garbing process.

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