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- Title
Understanding users perspective for surgical apparel.
- Authors
Mulchandania, Neha; Karnad, Vishaka
- Abstract
Surgical apparel should offer utmost protection without hindering the work of surgeons and at the same time they must provide comfort to the wearer by allowing heat and humidity to dissipate. Increase of infectious diseases like AIDS, Hepatitis, SARS etc., can pose significant risks to human life and health, unless sufficient measures are taken. This study was conducted to understand the perspective of healthcare personnel for medical apparel being used by them. It highlights the perception and performance satisfaction of operating staff of hospitals for surgical apparel. The evaluation results indicate that there is growing demand for medical apparel with improved performance characteristics and at the same time other problems like fit and design of the medical apparel should also be addressed.
- Subjects
SURGICAL gowns; MEDICAL scrubs; SURGICAL gloves; CLINICAL epidemiology; INFECTION prevention; SAFETY
- Publication
Man-Made Textiles in India, 2018, Vol 46, Issue 4, p115
- ISSN
0377-7537
- Publication type
Article