Widely Used Hospital Gowns Show Signs of Exposing Workers to Infection
Visibly filmsy "isolation" gowns, OK'd by the CDC for Covid and other infectious disease care, have been found by a new study to be unsafe.
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Visibly filmsy "isolation" gowns, OK'd by the CDC for Covid and other infectious disease care, have been found by a new study to be unsafe.
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 standards, leaving health care workers with a greater risk of infection than advertised.
Isolation gowns are supposed to protect health care workers from splattered bodily fluids. But new studies suggest that too much liquid seeps through some disposable gowns, creating a risk of infection.
Isolation gowns are supposed to protect healthcare workers from splattered bodily fluids. New studies suggest that too much liquid seeps through some disposable gowns, creating a risk of infection.
New studies suggest that too much liquid seeps through some disposable gowns, creating a risk of infection.