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 ...

Normally, it can take between six and 18 months to develop a new product, according to Brenna Nan Schneider, founder and CEO of 99Degrees, a manufacturer of apparel and wearable tech. Her team learned ...

GREENSBORO, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Kontoor Brands, Inc. (NYSE: KTB), a global lifestyle apparel company, with a portfolio led by two of the world’s most iconic consumer brands, Wrangler® and Lee®, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Approximately 50% of disposable isolation gowns made outside the U.S. or by nontraditional manufacturers have failed to meet required protection standards, according to tests performed by the ...

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 ...

Greensboro's Kontoor Brands to make 50,000 patient gowns, 10,000 isolation gowns for North Carolina hospitals. Greensboro-based Kontoor Brands (NYSE: KTB) today announced that it has begun producing ...

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 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 ...