Disposable gowns designed to deflect the splatter of bodily fluids, used in thousands of U.S. hospitals, have underperformed in recent and ongoing laboratory tests and may fall short of safety ...

Disposable medical gowns commonly used by staff in hospitals and nursing homes provide minimal protection for staff against the spread of pathogens and disease, and reusable gowns can provide greater ...

Safety experts warn healthcare organizations against using PPE made outside the United States or by non-traditional suppliers. More than half of disposable isolation gowns tested by ECRI failed to ...

Disposable gowns designed to deflect the splatter of bodily fluids, used in thousands of U.S. hospitals, have underperformed in recent and ongoing laboratory tests and may fall short of safety ...

A nurse working at Elliot Hospital is working to make reusable and disposable gowns to help supply much needed personal protective equipment.>> Download the FREE WMUR appHeidi Kukla is an ICU nurse in ...

The U.S. has removed 25 million isolation gowns from the strategic national stockpile over concerns that they may not provide adequate protection to healthcare workers, Bloomberg reported March 25.

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Greensboro-based Kontoor Brands (NYSE: KTB) today announced that it has begun producing approximately 50,000 Level 1 patient gowns and 10,000 disposable isolation gowns for ...

A northern Michigan-based plastics film processor sees the production of medical gowns as both a business opportunity and a civic duty. Petoskey Plastics Inc. has spent $2 million to renovate a 10,000 ...

Every time healthcare workers enter isolation units in which COVID-19 patients or those with other communicable diseases are being treated, they first don a dedicated isolation gown that must be ...

Feeling overwhelmed at work? A recent study looked at a program that shows promise for struggling healthcare workers. The program, adapted specifically for healthcare workers, offers skills-based ...