1. Purpose
Gown
①It is used for medical staff to avoid being contaminated by blood, body fluids, and other infectious substances during contact;
②Protective equipment used to protect patients from infection;
③Isolation gown is a two-way isolation to prevent medical staff from being infected or contaminated as well as patients from being infected.
Surgical gown
① Play a two-way protective role during the operation;
②The surgical gown establishes a barrier between the patient and the medical staff, which reduces the probability of medical staff coming into contact with the patient’s blood or other body fluids and other potential sources of infection during the operation;
③Surgical gowns can block the spread of various bacteria adhering to the skin or clothes of medical staff to the surgical patients.
2. Appearance and material requirements
Gown
①Isolation clothing is usually made of non-woven materials, or combined with materials with better impermeability, such as plastic films;
②It has integrity and toughness through the use of various non-woven fiber joining technologies instead of the geometric interlocking of woven and knitted materials;
③ Isolation clothing should be able to cover the torso and all clothing to form a physical barrier for the transmission of microorganisms and other substances;
④ It should have anti-permeability, abrasion resistance and tear resistance.
Surgical gown
①Operation gown material barrier properties, strength, microbial penetration, and comfort;
②The surgical gown should be impermeable, sterile, one-piece, without a cap;
③Generally, the cuffs of surgical gowns are elastic, which is easy to wear and is helpful to wear sterile hand gloves.
