Disposable isolation clothing, disposable protective clothing and disposable surgical clothing are commonly used personal protective articles in hospitals. However, in the process of clinical supervision, we often find that medical personnel are somewhat confused about the three.

1、 Function

Disposable isolation clothing: it is used for medical personnel to avoid being polluted by blood, body fluid and other infectious substances, and to protect patients from infection. Isolation clothing is to prevent medical personnel from being infected or contaminated and patients from being infected. It belongs to two-way isolation.

Disposable protective clothing: disposable protective articles worn by clinical medical personnel when contacting patients with Class A or infectious diseases managed according to class A infectious diseases. Protective clothing is to prevent medical personnel from being infected, which belongs to single isolation.

Disposable surgical clothing: the surgical clothing plays a two-way protective role during the operation. First, the surgical garment establishes a barrier between patients and medical personnel; Secondly, surgical clothing can prevent the spread of various bacteria colonized / adhered on the skin or clothing surface of medical personnel to surgical patients, and effectively avoid cross infection of multi drug resistant bacteria. Therefore, the barrier function of surgical clothing is considered as the key to reduce the risk of infection during the operation.

2、 Dressing indication

Disposable isolation clothing:

1. Contact with patients with infectious diseases transmitted by contact, such as patients infected with multidrug-resistant bacteria.

2. When the patients are under protective isolation, such as the diagnosis, treatment and nursing of patients with large-area burns and patients with bone transplantation.

3. It may be splashed by the patient's blood, body fluid, secretion and excretion.

4. Whether to wear isolation clothes when entering key departments such as ICU, NICU and protective ward shall be determined according to the purpose of medical personnel entering and the contact with patients.

Disposable protective clothing:

1. Contact with Class A or patients managed as class A infectious diseases.

2. When contacting suspected or confirmed SARS, Ebola, mers, h7n9 avian influenza and other patients, follow the latest infection control guidelines.

Disposable surgical clothing: it is used for invasive treatment of patients in special operating room after strict aseptic disinfection.

3、 Appearance and material requirements

Disposable isolation clothing: disposable isolation clothing is usually made of non-woven fabric materials or combined with materials with better impermeability such as plastic film. Through the use of various non-woven fiber bonding technologies rather than the geometric interlocking of woven and knitted materials, it has integrity and toughness. The isolation clothing shall cover the trunk and all clothing to form a physical barrier for the spread of microorganisms and other substances. The isolation clothing can be reusable or disposable without a hat.

Disposable protective clothing: the protective clothing consists of a hooded coat and pants. It can be divided into one-piece structure and one-piece structure. The trouser legs and cuffs are tightened, and the protection level of protective clothing is higher than that of isolation clothing.

Disposable surgical clothing: the standard has clear requirements on the barrier property, strength, microbial penetration and comfort of surgical clothing materials. The cuffs of general surgical clothes are elastic, which is easy to wear and is conducive to wearing sterile hand gloves. It is not only used to protect medical personnel from infectious substances, but also to protect the aseptic state of the exposed part of the operation.

To sum up, from the aspect of appearance, protective clothing is well distinguished from isolation clothing and surgical clothing. It is not easy to distinguish between surgical clothing and isolation clothing. It can be distinguished according to the length of the belt (the belt of isolation clothing should be tied to the front for easy removal. The belt of surgical clothing should be tied to the back). The functions of the three are overlapping. The requirements for disposable surgical clothing and protective clothing are significantly higher than those for disposable isolation clothing.