Self-Donning Gown

摘要

A self-donning nursing gown enables self-donning of a gown while maintaining sterile integrity. The gown provides a pair of shoulder pads having a heavy consistency and grip for gripping the shoulders and maintaining a secure mount on the shoulders. An adhesive panel on a front portion of the gown adheres to the chest area for detachably fastening the gown to the user while the gown is donned. In this manner, the user dons the gown without exposing the hands to a rearward or upwardly disposed non-sterile area, and without assistance from another person. Further, the gown stays on the user without peripheral fastening components. The shoulder pads enable donning of the gown by moving the shoulders in a repetitive up and down motion. The adhesive panel are pressed onto the chest with the sleeves to fasten the gown for use.

主权项

1. A self-donning nursing gown for enabling self-donning with a pair of shoulder pads and an adhesive panel, the gown comprising:
a front portion, the front portion having a front inner side, a front outer side, a front top area, and a front bottom area, the front portion disposed to face in a forward direction, wherein the forward direction is defined by a sterile field; a back portion, the back portion having a back inner side, a back outer side, a back top area, a back bottom area, a first edge, and a second edge, the back portion disposed to face in a rearward direction, the first edge and the second edge configured to maintain separation; a pair of sleeves, the pair of sleeves having a sleeve inner side and a sleeve outer side, the pair of sleeves configured to form a pair of openings for enabling passage into the sleeve inner side; a top opening, the top opening disposed approximately at the front top area and the back top area, the top opening disposed to face in an upward direction, wherein the upward direction is defined by the non-sterile field; a bottom opening, the top opening disposed approximately at the front bottom area and the back bottom area; a pair of shoulder pads, the pair of shoulder pads disposed to cover at least a portion of the front inner side, the back inner side, and the sleeve inner side, the pair of shoulder pads configured to form a grip while being manipulated in an up and down movement, wherein manipulation of the pair of shoulder pads through the up and down movement helps while self-donning the gown, and wherein manipulation of the pair of shoulder pads through the up and down movement helps prevent engagement with the non-sterile field; and an adhesive panel, the adhesive panel disposed to position at the front inner side of the front portion, the adhesive panel configured to form an adhesion, wherein formation of the adhesion helps restrict movement of the donned gown, and wherein the formation of the adhesion helps prevent engagement with the non-sterile field.