Author: drthomas

Bouffant cap is a common piece of personal protective equipment (PPE) used in healthcare to cover hair and help reduce the spread of hair, skin flakes, and other particulates into clean or sterile environments. You will see Bouffant cap used most often in operating rooms (ORs), procedure areas, sterile processing, and pharmacy compounding spaces—places where controlling contamination is a day-to-day operational requirement rather than an abstract concept.

Shoe covers are protective coverings worn over footwear in healthcare and laboratory environments. They are commonly treated as a form of personal protective equipment (PPE) and, depending on jurisdiction and intended use, may be supplied as a medical device accessory, a cleanroom consumable, or general hospital equipment.

A Surgical gown is a protective garment worn by healthcare personnel during surgical and other sterile procedures to help maintain a sterile field and to reduce exposure to blood, body fluids, and microorganisms. Although it is not a “machine,” it is treated in many hospitals like other medical equipment and clinical device supplies: it has defined performance expectations, labeling requirements, storage rules, and safety-critical workflows.

Isolation gown is a core piece of personal protective equipment (PPE) used across hospitals, clinics, and long-term care settings to help reduce the transfer of microorganisms and body fluids between patients, healthcare workers, and the care environment. Although it is a simple clinical device compared with monitors or imaging systems, an Isolation gown has outsized importance in everyday infection prevention, outbreak response, and safe workflow design.

Sterile surgical gloves are single-use, sterile barrier gloves worn by clinicians and sterile team members during procedures that require an aseptic (germ-minimized) field. They are a foundational piece of hospital equipment: small, consumable, and easy to overlook—yet central to infection prevention, staff safety, operative efficiency, and supply chain planning.

Disposable exam gloves are single-use protective gloves used in healthcare to reduce the transfer of microorganisms and contaminants between clinicians, patients, and the care environment. They are a core element of personal protective equipment (PPE) and a high-volume consumable that affects clinical safety, workflow efficiency, staff satisfaction, and purchasing budgets.

Protective goggles are a common piece of hospital equipment used to protect the wearer’s eyes from hazards such as splashes, droplets, sprays, and particles encountered during patient care, laboratory work, environmental cleaning, and certain procedures. In many healthcare settings they are treated as part of personal protective equipment (PPE), and depending on jurisdiction and intended use they may also be managed under medical equipment or occupational safety frameworks.

Face shield is a form of personal protective equipment (PPE) designed to cover the face—typically from the forehead to below the chin—with a clear visor that helps protect the eyes, nose, and mouth from splashes, sprays, and droplets. In hospitals and clinics, it is a common, high-impact, low-complexity medical device used to support infection prevention and occupational safety while preserving visibility during patient care.

A Powered air purifying respirator PAPR (often shortened to PAPR) is a type of respirator that uses a battery-powered blower to pull air through a filter and deliver cleaner air to the wearer’s breathing zone. In healthcare, it is commonly considered when staff need respiratory protection for airborne hazards, when prolonged wear is expected, or when a tight-fitting disposable respirator is not practical or tolerated.

The **N95 FFP2 respirator** is a tight-fitting, particulate-filtering facepiece used as **personal protective equipment (PPE)** in healthcare and other high-risk environments. Its primary purpose is to reduce the wearer’s inhalation exposure to airborne particles, including infectious aerosols, when used correctly as part of a broader infection prevention and occupational safety program.