Isolation gowns surpassed N95 masks as hospitals’ top shortage concern in an April 17 survey conducted by group purchasing organization Premier. The survey respondents included 700 hospitals in 42 ...

The U.S. has removed 25 million isolation gowns from the strategic national stockpile over concerns that they may not provide adequate protection to healthcare workers, Bloomberg reported March 25.

New joint venture will produce isolation gowns in Tennessee, primarily using domestically produced raw materials. Venture is Premier’s second effort to co-invest with health systems in domestic and ...

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

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – As hospitals deal with a shortage of personal protective equipment, local organizations are designing a new isolation gown that is being manufactured and used here in the Miami ...

Every time healthcare workers enter isolation units in which COVID-19 patients or those with other communicable diseases are being treated, they first don a dedicated isolation gown that must be ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Premier Inc. (NASDAQ: PINC), a leading healthcare improvement company, today released survey results finding that isolation gowns surpassed N95 masks as the top ...

Safety experts warn healthcare organizations against using PPE made outside the United States or by non-traditional suppliers. More than half of disposable isolation gowns tested by ECRI failed to ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – During this crisis, ...

Approximately 50% of disposable isolation gowns made outside the U.S. or by nontraditional manufacturers have failed to meet required protection standards, according to tests performed by the ...

Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. More than half of the disposable isolation gowns tested by ECRI, a leading national patient safety ...