A gown dispenser system has a plurality of hospital gowns, each having a back region, the gowns folded and stacked back region facing up, such that, pulling on the back region of a gown on top of the stack removes that gown from the stack and exposes the back region of the next gown in the stack, an enclosure containing the stack of gowns, the enclosure having an opening exposing the back region of the gown at the top of the stack, enabling a user to grasp the exposed back region and pull the topmost gown from the enclosure, exposing the next gown in the stack, and an interface mechanism attached to the enclosure, enabling the enclosure to be suspended on a substantially vertical surface, with the opening facing outward from the substantially vertical surface. Gowns are drawn from the enclosure one-at-a-time, at need.

A protective apparel support system is disclosed comprising a support frame configured to rest on the shoulders of a wearer, the support having a first shoulder member, a second shoulder member and a shield engagement portion. A shield is selectively coupleable to the support and protective apparel is coupled to the shield.

The present disclosure relates to a protective garment. The garment includes a body shaped for wear on a body part and a pocket assembly coupled to the body. The pocket assembly includes a first pocket comprising a wall and a pouch at least partially defined by the wall, a second pocket adjacent to the first pocket, the second pocket defining a second pouch separate from the first pouch, and an opening extending through the wall of the first pocket.

A protective apparel support system is disclosed comprising a support frame configured to rest on the shoulders of a wearer, the support having a first shoulder member, a second shoulder member and a shield engagement portion. A shield is selectively coupleable to the support and protective apparel is coupled to the shield.

A personal protection system for providing a sterile barrier around medical/surgical personnel. The system includes a helmet over which a hood or a toga suspended. A microphone, an amplifier and a speaker are mounted to the helmet. Speech of the individual wearing the personal protection system is picked up by the microphone and amplified speech is broadcast by the speaker. The speaker is outwardly directed so as to broadcast the speech out through the hood or toga covering the helmet.

Surgical gown and method of manufacturing the surgical gown. In a first embodiment, the surgical gown requires only one operating room person to assist a surgeon in donning the gown. A shoulder flap extends from a rear torso portion, over a shoulder portion and to a front torso portion of the gown. With assistance of only one other person, the surgeon rotates to enclose himself within the surgical gown, secure the flap to the front of the gown and tie waist tie strings. A second embodiment gown is self-donning. The second embodiment comprises a pole to which the flap and one waist tie string are removably attached. The surgeon rotates to enclose himself within the gown, removes the flap and waist tie string from the pole, attaches the flap to the gown and ties the waist tie strings to complete the gowning procedure.

A post-surgical torso garment configured to be easily donned and doffed by a wearer having limited mobility through the elimination of fixed arm and neck openings. The torso garment including a single layer breathable front panel having first and second shoulder strap securement pads, and a single layer breathable back panel having first and second shoulder straps terminating in respective first and second shoulder strap fasteners configured to selectively couple to the first and second shoulder strap securement pads of the front panel, wherein the front panel and back panel are stitched together along respective first and second edges thereof to form a tubular fabric body configured to cover at least a portion of a torso of a wearer.

The invention concerns a polymeric antimicrobial composition, a method of producing the same and the uses thereof. The ionomer composition comprises an amine functional polymer compound reacted with silver halide, optionally together with a stabilizing component, such as an organic substance carrying a sulfonamide functional group. The ionomer composition can be obtained by reacting together (i) at least one polyamine and silver halide and optionally at least one organic stabilizer substance or; (ii) at least one polyamine, at least one non-halide silver salt or silver complex, hydrogen halide and/or alkaline metal halide salt and optionally at least one organic stabilizer substance. The present ionomer composition is suitable for use as an antimicrobial coating, antimicrobial finish, antimicrobial additive and as antimicrobial component for formation of new antimicrobial materials.

There is provided an open back type sterilized gown including a main panel including: a front panel; and a left-side back panel and a right-side back panel linked with the front panel, wherein an elastic body having an ended annular shape is provided at a neckline part formed at the main panel, and the elastic body can maintain the neckline part of the sterilized gown in an annular shape surrounding a neck part of a wearer in a non-deformed state, and opens on a back side so as to allow a neck part of the wearer to pass through a back side of the neckline part in a deformed state.

Fine fibers comprising aliphatic polyester and a viscosity modifier. The fine fibers are preferably made by a BMF process.