iRubric: Clinical Lab Skill Rubric: Sterile Gloving

1. Performs hand hygiene and puts on PPE, if indicated.
2. Identifies the patient. Introduces him/herself to the patient.
3. Explains the procedure to the patient. Assures patient privacy and dignity.
4. Checks that the sterile glove package is dry and unopened.
5. Notes package expiration date, making sure that the date is still valid.

1. Folds open top flap, then bottom and sides.
2. Is careful not to touch inner surface of the package or the gloves.*
3. Using the thumb and forefinger of the nondominant hand, grasps the folded cuff of the glove for the dominant hand, touches only the exposed inside of the glove.*
4. Keeps the hands above the waistline, lifts and holds the glove up and off the inner package with fingers down and steps back away from the sterile field.*
5. Glove does not touch any uns

1. Grasps the palm of the first glove without touching contaminated surfaces with clean surfaces
2. Gently pulls glove off, holds it in the palm of the remaining gloved hand.
3. Slides bare fingers inside the cuff of the remaining glove without touching the glove exterior.
4. Peels the glove off from the inside, using it to envelope the other glove.