Reusable Gowns (Sterile Theatre Linen)
Synergy Health is able to provide a vast range of reusable and
disposable theatre linen.
Surgical gowns and drapes are essential components in preventing
surgically acquired infections. At Synergy Health, we understand
the clinical priority list for chosing a gown will
include:
- Technical merit for infection control
- Function (e.g. fluid management)
- Comfort
- Economy
No single system meets all of these requirements and this is
reflected in the use of both disposables as well as reusables
within most NHS theatres.
Synergy Health uniquely offers a comprehensive range of reusables
and disposables to meet the requirements of the surgical team. In
orthopaedics and urology for example, fluid control is essential
and Synergy Health’s range of disposable products meets these
challenges far better than reusables. The range of reusable
gowns on the other hand is often seen to outperform the disposable
equivalents.
Synergy Health’s strategy is to assist theatres in
establishing best practice within this service area by defining
product and service needs per procedure, and re-engineering service
delivery where desired.
Through a process of consultation with the surgical teams
Synergy Health is able to define a draping system using barrier
products for each procedure. By defining the draping system
we are confident from our experiences that the overall number of
drapes used for each theatre will be reduced, enabling these
savings to support the higher quality draping system.
Synergy Health is unique amongst laundry
providers in offering a full range of disposable theatre linen
products to augment its re-useable service. This means that the
Trust is not ‘locked-in’ to reusable linen and has the flexibility
to upgrade items within the contract.
All rental theatre linen is inspected and packaged in a Class K
minimum standard clean room audited to ISO 9001 (2000) and CE
accredited. The re-usable gowns are laundered through a process
that complies with HSG95 (18). Sterile packs are wrapped in crepe
and peel pouch, which is superior to using linen wraps. All sterile
packs are also identified with a full list of pack contents and
both production and best-before date to assist the staff with stock
management.
All items of linen are uniquely bar-coded in order that products
may be tracked through the production process and through to the
end user. All pack lists also carry a unique peelable bar code that
can be affixed to patient records. This number can also be quoted
to Synergy Health in the event of any problems and used to track
the product back through the production process.
All reusable gowns meet the European Standard EN13795.