Contamination occurs in most two-person assisted gowning procedures, suggests the study by Kenton Panas, MD, and colleagues of The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City. The ...

New pathogens and drug-resistant organisms, combined with an emphasis on reducing healthcare-associated infections, influence the need for hospitals to reevaluate gown purchasing decisions to optimize ...

SmartGown™ EDGE is the first pocketed surgical gown designed to help maintain instrument sterility and accessibility. DUBLIN, Ohio, Nov. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Cardinal Health (NYSE: CAH) announced ...

For surgeons getting ready to enter the operating room (OR), the chances of contamination may be lower if they put their gowns on by themselves - without the assistance of a surgical technician, ...

The rise of new pathogens and drug-resistant organisms, combined with an industrywide effort to reduce healthcare-associated infections, is driving hospitals to reevaluate surgical gown protocols to ...

Cardinal Health CAH announced the launch of SmartGown EDGE Breathable Surgical Gown with ASSIST Instrument Pockets in the United States. The new surgical gown will provide surgical teams with safe and ...

Cross contamination between a surgeon and a surgical technician in an operating room during gowning procedure is lower when surgeons put on their gowns by themselves. The chance of surgeons getting ...

Rockville, MD, Jan. 16, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The surgical gown market is expected to be worth US$ 1,614.3 million in 2024 and grow at a 5.4% CAGR through 2034. The growing number of surgeries ...

If you’ve ever undergone surgery, you understand how chaotic the operating theater can be. During both of my C-sections, I remember a tiny room crammed with half a dozen nurses, lab techs, and doctors ...

Surgeries across the nation are being canceled due to a surgical gown shortage. Cardinal Health, the major supplier of surgical gowns, was concerned some of their products being manufactured in China ...

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