Gowning （Donning and Tying a Surgical Gown ）

 

All gowns are folded and packaged for sterilization with the inside exposed so that the surgeon may handle the gown without contaminating the outside of the gown. Grasp the exposed inside of the gown and lift the gown away from the table.

Unfold the gown by placing hands into the white arm holes. Continue placing hands and arms through the sleeves. If you are planning on closed gloving, do not thrust hands through the cuffs. Down Load Video of Donning a Gown

An assistant fastens the neck tie and the inside waist tie. Down Load Video

Proceed with closed gloving before the fastening of the final outside tie. Once the surgeon is gloved, the sterile left tie is grasped by the surgeon and the white tab is handed to an assistant.

The assistant pulls the back tie around the surgeon using the white tab. The surgeon grasps the right tie from the white tab (not touching the now contaminated white tab) and right and left are tied together. Down Load Video