Scientists have succeeded in developing a safe and easy self-donning and self-adjusting surgical gown called 'Selfgown,' which could also minimize environmental infection from splashes when taking off ...
Alex Franke has donned surgical gloves in the past. But the Washington State University medical student had never gone step-by-step through the process of gowning and gloving for a sterile operating ...
Alex Franke has donned surgical gloves in the past. But the Washington State University medical student had never gone step-by-step through the process of gowning and gloving for a sterile operating ...
The assumption that surgical gloves are largely equivalent has shaped purchasing strategies across many health systems. Yet ...
BOSTON, April 07, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A poster reviewing updates to the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) Guidelines for Perioperative Practice regarding surgical gloving was ...
Surgeons have found that a carefully selected surgical care check list of 12 measures reduced Whipple procedure wound infections by nearly 50 percent. Smoking cessation at least two weeks prior to ...
SAN FRANCISCO – Oct. 4, 2013 – Healthcare workers' use of disposable gowns and gloves upon entering all patient rooms on an intensive care unit (ICU), versus only in rooms on standard isolation ...
Transparency involves surgical glove manufacturers sharing deeper insights with customers about their manufacturing and supply chain investments. Suppliers are also being transparent by sharing ...
Surgical site infections are the leading cause of unplanned readmission after surgery and can result in increases in the length of hospitalization, morbidity, mortality, and health care costs. 1 The ...
Surgical gloves that develop holes or leaks during a procedure appear to increase the risk of infection at the surgical site among patients who are not given antibiotics beforehand, a Swiss study ...