Transition to Reusable Surgical Gowns at a Hospital System

Ava Yap; Kaiyi Wang; John Cornejo; Evan Chen; Logan Pierce; Elizabeth Wick; Seema Gandhi

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.30246

Transition to Reusable Surgical Gowns at a Hospital System

JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Aug 1;6(8):e2330246. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.30246.

Authors

Ava Yap¹, Kaiyi Wang¹, John Cornejo¹, Evan Chen¹, Logan Pierce¹, Elizabeth Wick¹, Seema Gandhi¹

Affiliation

¹ University of California, San Francisco.

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Plain language summary

This quality improvement study investigates the feasibility of transitioning back to reusable surgical gowns at a US tertiary hospital system and projected corresponding cost savings and solid waste reduction.