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By Alison Wilcox


A person who is in the hospital has assigned things to wear. This goes for patients as well as medical staff. If a person is having surgery, they will need the right post operative garments.

It is commonly known that patients wear hospital gowns. They will wear one into surgery, and they will wear it coming out afterwards. These gowns are one piece of cloth which normally ties on the back. A patient can wear another on top with the ties in front for more privacy. These are great for medical staff because doctors and nurses can easily access areas like a surgical wound on the abdomen.

Especially after surgery, this is important because a patient will have some sort of surgical wound. This will need to be looked at frequently to make sure that there is no extra bleeding or infection arising. Also, after surgery, patient many times have tubes and other things sticking out of them at various places. It makes it much easier to check them with the gowns that are made available now.

Aside from needing to check on patient health and safety, the patient needs to be cleaned periodically. The gown helps do this because it allows easier access over a pair of pajamas. The patient can also lift a gown easier in the bathroom compared to pajamas. This helps, too, if the patient is experiencing pain.

Doctors and nurses have their own set of wear that they need to put on while at work. A majority of people wear something called scrubs. These are also worn post-operatively.

Medical staff worry about exposure to body fluids when they come into contact with patients. Post-surgical patients many times have tubing which is draining fluid, so there is more exposure to body fluids in these situations. Especially in the operating room, scrubs need to be worn by everyone working in there during a surgery.

There is good news for patients. They are finally going to have an upgrade to the hospital gowns that are currently out there. These new gowns will be a little bigger or longer in length. They will open only on the front, and they will fasten closed. This gives patients much more privacy than they offer today.

It is necessary for everyone involved in post-operative care to wear the right thing. This includes both the surgical team and the patient. There are important reasons for that including better access to things like surgical wounds which need constant monitoring while the patient is in the hospital. It helps to keep a patient cleaner than if a patient were wearing a pajama set which makes it cumbersome to remove and place back onto the patient. Doctors and nurses also have to examine things like tubes and other devices placed at the surgery. Emptying canisters and bulbs filled with fluid are necessary which can spill or splash. These post operative garments make it easy to change and clean up quickly for everyone. They both have their advantages.




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