While contemplating the world of fashion, one does not tend to think about hospital attire — the height of elegance for medical garments hasn't moved beyond loose, opened backed hospital gowns. But ...

HO The shimmer of hope that carried Cindy Mesaros through her medical ordeal came in whimsical pastels. When the San Francisco woman underwent an emergency cesarean section, narrowly saving her ...

Traditional patient gowns range from uncomfortable to dehumanizing, past research shows. To improve patient experience, some health systems have rolled out redesigned gowns, according to the ...

Already busy making masks, Louis Vuitton is funneling more resources into producing medical gowns for frontline workers in Paris amid the Covid-19 crisis. The heritage French luxury brand is ...

PORTLAND, Maine - Whether its blue or spotted or stripped, the standard issue hospital gown is drafty and revealing. It's embarrassing for just about anyone who's spent a night in a medical center.

If you’ve ever undergone surgery, you understand how chaotic the operating theater can be. During both of my C-sections, I remember a tiny room crammed with half a dozen nurses, lab techs, and doctors ...

Disposable gowns designed to deflect the splatter of bodily fluids, used in thousands of U.S. hospitals, have underperformed in recent and ongoing laboratory tests and may fall short of safety ...

Six U.S. companies will spend at least $350 million to manufacture medical gowns to store in the Strategic National Stockpile, years after doctors and nurses working in hospitals found themselves ...

Whether its blue or spotted or stripped, the standard issue hospital gown is drafty and revealing. It’s embarrassing for just about anyone who’s spent a night in a medical center. But for modest ...

In contrast to the authority and protection the doctor’s white coat confers, hospital gowns make patients exposed, vulnerable and stripped of their identity. By Ersilia M. DeFilippis, M.D. “Here is ...

Production of N95 masks has increased, but health care workers now say there's a shortage of gowns as the two protective gears are competing for the same materials. The scramble for N95 masks has ...