The invention relates to a sterile packaging aid for the sterile packaging of an article, in particular of an article for medical use, in the case of which a packaging arrangement is formed with a sterile sheet-material bag having a closable bag opening and a protective covering, which is configured with an outer covering and an inner covering, formed on the outer covering, and which is arranged in a releasable manner on the sheet-material bag such that the outer covering, starting from the bag opening, partially covers the sheet-material bag on the outside, and that the covering engages around a bag periphery in the region of the bag opening by the inner covering being folded over inwards and into the bag opening, wherein the protective covering adheres in a releasable manner to the sterile sheet-material bag by an adhesive connection being formed between the sheet-material bag and the protective covering in the region of the outer covering and/or of the inner covering. The invention also relates to a kit fo
