A peer-reviewed academic study, published to little notice amid the coronavirus pandemic, found that isolation gowns commonly worn in medical units or intensive care units ripped too easily and ...

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Premier Inc. (NASDAQ: PINC), a leading healthcare improvement company, today released survey results finding that isolation gowns surpassed N95 masks ...

CORLEY: And that's why isolation gowns instead of N95 masks are now the No. 1 concern of many hospitals across the country. Cheryl Corley, NPR News, Chicago.

The substandard isolation gowns are "putting healthcare workers at risk of exposure to bloodborne or other pathogens, as well as SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19," an ECRI news release said.

ECRI found that 52% of gowns it tested with unstated levels of protection failed to meet even the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation's lowest level for protection.

Premier and 34 health systems including AdventHealth and Henry Ford Health System partnered with global medical manufacturer DeRoyal to create a new joint venture dedicat ...

Thirty-four health systems have partnered with Premier and DeRoyal Industries, a medical manufacturer, to form a joint venture designed to produce isolation gowns in response to critical shortages ...