Disposable protective coverall is also known as Medical protective clothing, medical protective suit, or antivirus suit. Disposable protective coverall refers to the protective apparel used by medical professionals (doctors, nurses, public health personnel, cleaners, etc.) and people entering a specific infected area, such as patient isolation room, ICU etc.
Variants
Medical protective clothing is a combination of hoods, tops, and trousers. There are two kinds of medical protective clothing: isolation gown and protective clothing/Coveralls. The main difference between the two is that Coveralls are more durable than isolation clothing. Its protection grade is higher, the protection performance is better, as the GSM is higher for the Coveralls.
Difference between Isolation Gown and Coveralls
| Difference | Coveralls | Isolation gown |
| Different uses | Coveralls refers to the clothing worn by personnel in special areas such as medical emergency, entering the infectious disease area and electromagnetic radiation area. | Isolation gown refers to the clothes worn in ICU by medical staff and family members to visit patients. |
| Different objective of use | Mainly to prevent the infection of medical personnel, belong to one-way isolation. | It is two-way isolation to prevent the infection of the medical staff and of the patient. |
Structure
The common medical protective clothing usually consists of a hat/hoods, top and trousers. Through cutting, stitching, tightness, adhesive pressing tape, zippers and other manufacturing technology, one can produce qualified medical protective clothing. In the whole process, the machine involved is mainly sewing machine and glue pressing machine.
How to pun on a protective clothing correctly
- Check parts to ensure none are missing or damaged
- Remove any jewelry and watch
- Tuck trousers into socks
- Step into the coveralls and pull up to the hips level
- Put on safety shoes and pull legs of the coveralls over boots
- Put arms through sleeves of the protection suit
- Zip up halfway
- Put on respirator and check that the seal is tight
- Put on safety eyewear
- Pull up the hood on coveralls
- Zip the protective suit all the way to the top
- Get a colleague to press flap into place
- Put fingers through straps
- Get a colleague to put on the safety gloves and pull up over the cuff of the sleeves
- Get a colleague to form a neat seal over any transition points with adhesive tape
- Check freedom of movement
How to take off a protective clothing correctly
- Disinfect safety gloves
- Get a colleague to remove adhesive tape
- Get a colleague to open flap and zip
- Peel the coveralls off over the shoulders and down to hip level, ensuring that the inside of the coveralls is on the outside. Simultaneously, pull arms out of the sleeves.
- Remove the safety gloves by pulling them inside out
- Take off the suit completely, removing the boots at the same time.
- Remove the glasses by drawing them forward from the back of legs and place them for disinfection or disposal
- Remove your respirator in the same way
- Dispose of the protective gears in a plastic bag and trash bin.
- Disinfect hands and finish off by thoroughly washing hands, face and any other contaminated areas of skin with water and a disinfectant lotion.
