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Isolation GownsRating: (votes: 0) As of the time I left this morning, we still use the yellow paper type gown. That and anything in a hospital can change in a blink of an eye though. Comment:
Oh god, yeah. My facility uses the blue plastic gowns and I sweat like a creature in them. My arms were literally dripping with sweat the last time I had to use them, in a pt's room that involved heavy lifting, rolling, bedmaking, diaper changing, etc. I've heard of the yellow gowns, but have never gotten a chance to use them. They sound like a delight. </3
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We use yellow cotton gowns? Why we have not switched to disposable i have no idea
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we use yellow, nylon-ish gowns, which are protective against fluids then placed in the linen basket, washed & restocked. plastic gowns?! i cant imagine how uncomfortable that is. ours are quite large so they're airy enough to keep you as cool... well, as cool as you can be while doing a million things.
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i hate those blue plastic gowns - you sweat like a pig! My facility has both (yellow paperish and the blue sweat baths)
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Where I worked, the yellow gowns were used for regular isolation, and the blue gowns were only used for chemotheraputic isolation, along with a thicker glove.
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We have the nasty blue plastic ones too. YUCK. I just try to remember that it's better to sweat in one of those gowns than to go home with MRSA or C-diff!
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Thanks everyone. I'm going to keep a tally and take to infection control.
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Quote from Ashley_RNwe use yellow, nylon-ish gowns, which are protective against fluids then placed in the linen basket, washed & restocked. plastic gowns?! i cant imagine how uncomfortable that is. ours are quite large so they're airy enough to keep you as cool... well, as cool as you can be while doing a million things.
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Ok so I see I'm going to be the odd man out. I began mu nsg career using the blue plasticky ones. The ones that come over your head and have circular vents across the shoulders. Then I changed jobs and had the thin paper-like yellow ones you had to tie at the neckand around the abd.Sooooo. I think they both make you hot. But I prefer the BLUE ones. They're easier to put on and faster for me. They keep out all moisture, which is a must for showering, rolling, etc. I just liked them better and actually missed them at my last job. Sorry, to go against the grain, but I think they are better both from an ease of use and an infection control standpoint.
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Before I got my RN I was a sitter at large hospital. When I first started working we had to wear the blue gowns for EIGHT STRAIGHT HOURS with our contact precaution patients. Often it was a C. Diff case with many incontinence changes, linen replacements, etc. So sweaty, so gross. They passed a policy after about a year that limited us to 4 hours of isolation at a time, which was an improvement but still less than ideal.Despite the sweaty-ness I would think from an administrative point they would be cheaper and at least as effective (perhaps more?) at infection control.
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My facility uses the blue plastic and they are awful to work at length...but when I've used the yellow in the past in another facility I was a bit worried that I might actually get blood or secretions on my body b/c the gown seemed "too comfy" b/c I initially was used to the blue..... Back to the blue....I tend to no longer wear lots of layers beneath scrubs b/c of those...used to wear a tshirt and jacket with scrub set but now I stay too hot....but I do feel protected...to a certain extent.
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