The Difference Between Isolation Clothing and Protective Clothing

Different functions

Medical protective clothing:

It is the medical protective equipment worn by clinical medical staff when they come into contact with patients with Class A or infectious diseases managed under Class A infectious diseases.

Isolation Gown:

It is a protective equipment used for medical staff to avoid contamination by blood, body fluids and other infectious substances during contact, or to protect patients from infection.

Medical protective clothing

Different user indications

Wear isolation gown:

1. When contacting patients with infectious diseases spread by contact, such as patients with infectious diseases, patients infected with multidrug resistant bacteria, etc.

2. When the patient is subjected to protective isolation, such as the diagnosis, treatment and nursing of patients with extensive burns and bone marrow transplantation.

3. It may be splashed by the patient's blood, body fluids, secretions, and filth.

4. When entering key departments such as ICU, NICU, and protective wards, whether to wear isolation gowns or not depends on the purpose of entry and the contact status of the medical staff.

5. Workers in various industries are used for two-way protection.

Wear Medical Protective Clothing:

When contacting patients with airborne and droplet-borne infectious diseases, they may be splashed by the patient's blood, body fluids, secretions, and filth.

Different objects

Medical protective clothing:

It is to prevent medical staff from being infected. It belongs to one-way isolation and is mainly aimed at medical staff;

Isolation gown:

It is a two-way isolation to prevent infection or contamination of medical staff or workers in various industries and prevent infection of patients.

Different production requirements

Medical protective clothing:

It is an important part of medical protective equipment. Its basic requirement is to block viruses, bacteria and other harmful substances, so as to protect medical staff from being infected during diagnosis, treatment and nursing. It meets the requirements of normal use and has better clothes. Comfort and safety, mainly used in industrial, electronic, medical, anti-chemical and anti-bacterial environments. Medical protective clothing has the national standard GB 19082-2009 technical requirements for medical disposable protective clothing.

Isolation gown:

There is no corresponding technical standard. This is because the main function of isolation gowns is to protect staff and patients, prevent the spread of pathogenic microorganisms, and avoid cross-infection. There are no requirements for airtightness and waterproofness, but only isolation. It is only required that the length of the isolation gown is appropriate, and there should be no holes. When putting on and taking off, pay attention to avoid pollution.

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