Classification of Surgical Gowns and Using Precautions

Many patients also believe that the safety of an operation depends on the attending doctor who holds the knife, but a safe surgical environment is also a very important part of every operation. Surgical gowns are also work clothes that every medical staff working in the operating room must wear. It is very important for us to have a safe operating environment.

1. The importance of the surgical apparel for surgery

Hospitals need to be fully disinfected before any abnormal operations. A clean and sterile surgical environment can ensure patient is free of infection during surgery. If there is no safe environment, it will not only cause the infection of germs in the patient's body, but also allow these germs to infect our medical staff. Wearing overalls during surgery can prevent bacteria throughout the process, ensure the safety of our patients, and protect our medical staff. Therefore, surgical gowns are very important for surgery. It is an important key to our surgical safety and an essential item in the operating room. Now many hospitals are also very concerned about their own procurement of medical products. Choosing a regular manufacturer of surgical items is important, allowing the hospital to buy safe and reliable products with confidence.

2. Classification of the surgical apparel

Disposable surgical gowns can be divided into four categories: health care (sterilization, deodorant clothing, shoes), treatment (hemostasis, antipruritic textiles, antiviral textiles), artificial tubes (artificial blood vessels, artificial trachea, artificial esophagus), protection (all kinds of radiation protection suit).

In addition to the above classification methods, it can also be divided into general medical textiles and high-performance medical textiles according to their functions and uses, referring to medical textiles made of high-tech fiber materials with different functions. High-performance medical textiles - medical textiles mainly include surgical gowns, operating caps, disposable surgical gowns, masks, surgical covers, shoe covers, hospital gowns, bedding, gauze, bandages, dressings, tapes, medical device covers, artificial human organs, etc. Common medical textiles include medical cloth, cloth in patient wards, isolation gown of medical staff, cloth in operating room, etc.

3. Precautions for using the surgical apparel

Restaurant waiters will wear restaurant overalls, and welders will wear flame retardant overalls. Similarly, there are various medical clothes in the hospital, such as doctor's clothes, nurse's clothes, surgery clothes, patient's clothes.

(1) Clean and tidy. Nurses and doctors in operating rooms are known to wear surgical gowns, but the requirements on environment are often very high. Therefore, staff in operating room should not only be clean, but also be disinfected. Both nurses and doctors must wear medical clothing prescribed by medical institutions when working in the operating room, and personal clothing is not allowed.

(2) Doctors surgical gowns generally have pockets, because the staff needs to put some things. However, personal items and other unclean items should not be put in pockets.

(3) The method of wearing the sterile surgical gown is: gently shake the surgical gown, lift both sides of the collar, insert both hands into the sleeves, stretch both arms forward, assist the visiting nurse to put it on, then cross the arms and lift the belt to the back, tie up behind the nurse.