About cave towels and surgical suits used in hospitals.

surgery to prevent contact with unprepared surfaces and to maintain the sterility of environmental surfaces, equipment and the patient's surroundings. Similarly, during the surgical procedure, the surgical group should wear sterile surgical clothing outside the scrubbing clothing to maintain a sterile surgical environment and reduce the risk of pathogen transmission to patients and staff.

Surgical gowns and cave towels are made of multiple or single-purpose materials. These two types of surgery have considerable differences in design and performance characteristics, which reflects the necessary trade-offs in terms of economy, comfort, and the degree of protection required for a specific surgical operation.
During surgery, if the barrier material becomes wet, the risk of pathogen transmission increases. Therefore, the multi-purpose or single-purpose materials of cave towels and surgical suits used in surgery should prevent liquid penetration. Reusable materials are usually composed of different tightly woven textiles and/or knitted cotton, or other fabrics that may be blended with polyester and/or chemically treated. These products must be durable and processed many times to provide protection. Disposable surgical cave towels and surgical gowns are usually composed of non-woven materials of synthetic and/or natural origin, which may be combined with chemical treatment.

After the preparation of the surgical site is completed, a common or impregnated adhesive plastic incision drape coated with antibacterial drugs (mainly iodophor) is used on the patient's skin. The film adheres to the skin, and the surgeon cuts the skin so that it hangs. In theory, such folds are considered to be a mechanical and/or microbial barrier that prevents the migration of microorganisms from the skin to the surgical site. However, some reports show that the degree of recolonization of the skin has increased after the use of antibacterial preparations under the adhesion suspension compared to the use of no suspension.

Studies on the effect of bonded incision drapes in preventing surgical site infections (SSI) have found no evidence that plastic bonded drapes reduce SSI. There are no suggestions for using disposable or reusable curtains and robes. Guidelines issued by the American Society for Hygiene Epidemiology (SHEA)/American Society for Infectious Diseases (IDSA) in 2014 recommend that plastic bonded curtains with or without antibacterial properties should not be routinely used as a strategy to prevent SSI. However, the British National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) issued a guideline in 2008 recommending that if plastic film is required, iodine-phosphorus impregnated film should be used.

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