These types of clothing are particularly worn by the medical / healthcare professionals or doctors. Disposable hospital gowns are not meant to be reused or laundered. They are normally made up of a transparent overlay, mainly from non-woven material and are disposable after one use.
Surgical Gowns and isolation gowns are the main two ( 2 ) types of gowning.
The back of a surgical gown might be non protective and as the disposable gown would provide with the full back coverage and should have a barrier level of at least Level 1.
The gowns can easily be sterilized inside autoclave at 134 Degree Celsius. The heat produced inside of it can easily kill the microorganisms and other bacteria through a pressurized steam.
Polypropylene Spunbond-Meltblown-Spunbond ( SMS ) and polypropylene spunbond are the most common material that is used in order to produce a disposable gown.
There could be various advantages of a disposable gowns, some of them could be:
Disposable gowns tend to tear and crack, mainly if the quality of the gown is cheap and not that great. The gowns usually shed more particles as in comparisons to the reusable gowns. It can also further increase the operational cost.
It is clearly made up of a waterproof fabric so that the bodily fluids of the patient does not come into the direct contact of the medical professional or a doctor and catch any infection in return.