A New Design of Surgery Garments for the Patients during Operation

Abstract

It is very common that patients become hypothermic after the operation, as large areas of the patient’s body have to be uncovered for the operation. Conventional surgery garments and blankets have been found to be very inadequate in keeping the patient warm during the operation. In this paper, a novel design of surgery garment is reported. The new design has been tried in a hospital and found significantly improved performance over the conventional surgery garments. It provides convenience to the surgical operation, keeps the patient warm during the operation and meets hospitals’ hygiene standard for its machine washability at high temperature.

Citation

Kwok, Y.L., Li, H.Y., Fan, J. and Wai, Y.C. (1999), "A New Design of Surgery Garments for the Patients during Operation", Research Journal of Textile and Apparel, Vol. 3 No. 2, pp. 53-59. https://doi.org/10.1108/RJTA-03-02-1999-B007