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 ...

In response to the coronavirus outbreak, volunteers are sewing isolation gowns for North Valley Hospital. An isolation gown is typically a disposable paper gown that healthcare staff such as doctors ...

More than 50% of disposable isolation gowns tested by the nonprofit advocacy organization ECRI fail to meet standard levels of protection. The results from the recent analysis released Monday comes as ...

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 ...

A 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 ...