کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
2638255 1563464 2016 8 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Isolation gowns in health care settings: Laboratory studies, regulations and standards, and potential barriers of gown selection and use
ترجمه فارسی عنوان
لباس های جداگانه در تنظیمات مراقبت های بهداشتی: مطالعات آزمایشگاهی، مقررات و استانداردها و موانع بالقوه انتخاب و استفاده از لباس
کلمات کلیدی
لباس ایزوله؛ پاتوژن خونی؛ انتقال مایع؛ نفوذ خون؛ لباس های محافظ؛ استاندارد
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری ایمنی شناسی و میکروب شناسی میکروب شناسی
چکیده انگلیسی


• No isolation gown standard exists that includes both performance and design criteria.
• Infection preventionists face difficulties in the selection of isolation gowns.
• End users have limited information on the level of protection provided by isolation gowns.
• There is an urgent need to establish performance and design criteria for isolation gowns.

Although they play an important role in infection prevention and control, textile materials and personal protective equipment (PPE) used in health care settings are known to be one of the sources of cross-infection. Gowns are recommended to prevent transmission of infectious diseases in certain settings; however, laboratory and field studies have produced mixed results of their efficacy. PPE used in health care is regulated as either class I (low risk) or class II (intermediate risk) devices in the United States. Many organizations have published guidelines for the use of PPE, including isolation gowns, in health care settings. In addition, the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation published a guidance document on the selection of gowns and a classification standard on liquid barrier performance for both surgical and isolation gowns. However, there is currently no existing standard specific to isolation gowns that considers not only the barrier resistance but also a wide array of end user desired attributes. As a result, infection preventionists and purchasing agents face several difficulties in the selection process, and end users have limited or no information on the levels of protection provided by isolation gowns. Lack of knowledge about the performance of protective clothing used in health care became more apparent during the 2014 Ebola epidemic. This article reviews laboratory studies, regulations, guidelines and standards pertaining to isolation gowns, characterization problems, and other potential barriers of isolation gown selection and use.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: American Journal of Infection Control - Volume 44, Issue 1, 1 January 2016, Pages 104–111
نویسندگان
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