Disposable gowns designed to deflect the splatter of bodily fluids, ... “It’s called personal protective equipment. If it doesn’t protect you, it’s a waste of time. ...

Within a few weeks they came back with the PPE gown initiative. We began producing PPE gown material, and soon thereafter fabricating completed gowns.” However, that effort hit some major snags.

Disposable PPE gowns were used for just about everything during the pandemic. And when COVID ramped up in 2020, hospitals across the U.S. were struggling to find personal protective equipment ...

Managing reusable PPE enables hospitals to forgo disposable gown use and instead track the laundering, sanitizing and history of each garment via UHF RFID. Published: March 17, 2021 Author: Claire ...

Newark, New Castle, USA, April 23, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- According to a recent Growth Plus Reports assessment, the Disposable PPE Market is estimated to reach US$ 22.23 billion by 2031, with a ...

With demand for PPE higher than ever, the need for disposable gowns has outpaced the supply. Recently, some healthcare workers resorted to reusing single-use gowns.

Engineers have developed a method to use disposable personal protective equipment (PPE) to make concrete stronger, providing an innovative way to significantly reduce pandemic-generated waste. The ...

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 ...

Some students are donating unworn gowns to health care workers grappling with personal protective equipment shortages.