Clothing for use in clean-air environments.
Disposable plastic two-piece suits were compared with conventional cotton suits, gowns, and plastic aprons by nurses in a burns unit. The plastic suits allowed fewer micro-organisms to be dispersed into the environment than the other garments but were less comfortable.
D000391:Air Microbiology; D002056:Burns / Q000451:nursing; D003020:Clothing; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004209:Disposable Equipment; D003368:Gossypium; D006801:Humans; D009732:Nursing Care; D010969:Plastics
D010969:Plastics