INDUSTRY: HEALTHCARE

Health care is the maintenance, improvement, and restoration of health in people via the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease, illness, injury or other physical and mental impairments. The trained and licensed professionals that work in the health care industry have access to the best ways to improve and maintain health, but also need to protect themselves from the potential dangers that they are exposed to daily such as the cross-contamination of HAI's.  

Personal Protection Equipment (P.P.E)

Using a dependable pair of disposable gloves in any field of the healthcare industry is a crucial first step to personal protection. From Vinyl and Latex to Nitrile and flexaprene disposable exam gloves are available in different colors, mil thicknesses, and lengths. All medical exam grade gloves are designed to protect against blood borne pathogens. Some are even designed and certified to protect against the nation’s deadliest drug, Fentanyl which puts First Responders, EMT's and Police treating overdose patients at major risk.

Infection Control

Exposure to pathogens can vary widely depending on the nature of your workplace and many times, a pair of gloves can be a good start but may not be adequate protection for your daily tasks. To minimize your risk of accidental exposure, an extensive collection of disposable and limited-use protective apparel is available to keep you prepared in any situation. Bouffant caps, face masks and shields, isolation gowns, boot covers and N95 respirator masks help to protect you from head to toe. Labcoats without pockets are perfect for pharmaceutical or lab use. Medical disposables for patient care speed up treatments and prevent cross contamination.

Maintaining a clean environment will also help to prevent cross-contamination between patients and products. A critical element in infection control or infection prevention is environmental asepsis or the prevention of cross contamination and disease transmission from equipment or other surfaces through contact or droplet infection.  Surface disinfectants play a key role in the prevention of disease transmission.

Fluid solidifier packets are used when handling infectious fluids and to contain or immobilize bio fluids. This self-bursting technology provides an effective solution for adhering to requirements of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Hazardous Materials Regulations regarding absorbent material use for stored and transported medical waste and complies with U.S.DOT requirements for “red bag” disposal, and OSHA bloodborne pathogens standard for employee exposure*.  They commonly used during lab specimen shipping and inside sharps containers. 

For more delicate surfaces and machinery or electronics, disposable surface barrier covers protect against cross-contamination effectively and efficiently. From chair and headrest covers to keyboards and mouse covers to touchscreen surface barriers, a germ-free work area is easy to maintain with the proper supplies.