Isolation gowns surpassed N95 masks as hospitals’ top shortage concern in an April 17 survey conducted by group purchasing organization Premier. The survey respondents included 700 hospitals in 42 ...

New joint venture will produce isolation gowns in Tennessee, primarily using domestically produced raw materials. Venture is Premier’s second effort to co-invest with health systems in domestic and ...

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 ...

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.

CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Premier Inc. (NASDAQ: PINC), a leading healthcare improvement company, today released survey results finding that isolation gowns surpassed N95 masks as the top ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers developed custom, reusable isolation gowns they said could help ensure that gowns are available ...

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – As hospitals deal with a shortage of personal protective equipment, local organizations are designing a new isolation gown that is being manufactured and used here in the Miami ...

ASTM has formed a task group to develop a specification standard for them, Selcen Kilinc-Balci, a physical scientist for NIOSH's National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory, reported on the ...

Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. More than half of the disposable isolation gowns tested by ECRI, a leading national patient safety ...

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