Disposable isolation gowns, disposable protective gowns, and disposable surgical gowns are all personal protective equipment commonly used in hospitals. But in the process of clinical supervision, we often find that medical staff are a little confused about these three. After inquiring about the information, the editor will talk to you about the similarities and differences of the three from the following aspects.

1. Function

Disposable isolation gowns: protective equipment used for medical staff to avoid contamination by blood, body fluids, and other infectious substances during contact, or to protect patients from infection. The isolation gown is a two-way isolation to prevent the medical staff from being infected or contaminated and the patient from being infected.

Disposable protective clothing: disposable protective equipment worn by clinical medical staff when they come into contact with patients with Class A or infectious diseases managed by Class A infectious diseases. Protective clothing is to prevent medical staff from being infected and is a single item of isolation.

Disposable surgical gown: The surgical gown plays a two-way protective role during the operation. First, the surgical gown establishes a barrier between the patient and the medical staff, reducing 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; secondly, the surgical gown can block colonization/adhesion to the medical staff’s skin or clothing Various bacteria on the surface spread to surgical patients, effectively avoiding cross-infection of multi-drug resistant bacteria such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and vancomycin-resistant enterococcus (VRE). Therefore, the barrier function of surgical gowns is regarded as the key to reducing the risk of infection during surgery [1].

2. Dressing indications

Disposable isolation gown: 1. When contacting patients with infectious diseases spread by contact, such as those infected by multidrug-resistant bacteria. 2. When carrying out protective isolation of patients, such as diagnosis, treatment and nursing of patients with extensive burns and bone graft patients. 3. It may be splashed by the patient's blood, body fluids, secretions and feces. 4. When entering key departments such as ICU, NICU, and protective wards, whether or not to wear isolation gowns should be determined according to the purpose of entry and the contact status of the medical staff.

Disposable protective clothing: 1. When contacting patients with Class A or Class A infectious diseases. 2. When contacting patients with suspected or confirmed SARS, Ebola, MERS, H7N9 avian influenza, etc., the latest infection control guidelines should be followed.

Disposable surgical gown: It is strictly sterilized and used for invasive treatment of patients in a specialized operating room.

3. Appearance and material requirements

Disposable isolation clothing: Disposable isolation clothing is usually made of non-woven materials, or combined with materials with better impermeability, such as plastic films. Through the use of various non-woven fiber joining technologies instead of the geometric interlocking of woven and knitted materials, it has integrity and toughness. 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. It should have impermeability, abrasion resistance and tear resistance [2]. At present, there is no special standard in China. There is only a brief introduction on the putting on and taking off of the isolation gown in the "Isolation Technical Specifications" (the isolation gown should be opened behind to cover all clothes and exposed skin), but there is no specification and material, etc. Related indicators. Isolation gowns can be reusable or disposable without a cap. Judging from the definition of isolation gowns in the "Technical Specifications for Isolation in Hospitals", there is no requirement for anti-permeability, and isolation gowns can be waterproof or non-waterproof.