Apparel for Hospital Staff and Patients

Typical in most hospital environments, doctors and the medical staff wear white hospital uniforms from head to foot. Inside doctors' offices, though, a white overcoat at most is generally accepted. However, iatrophobia, the fear of doctors, most usually leads to "white coat hypertension," a condition marked by significantly elevated blood pressure when taken at the doctor's office but normal reading of blood pressure when monitored at home or anywhere else but the physician's clinic. This reaction was thought as related to anxiety and nervousness in the presence of someone in the medical profession wearing a white coat, thus leading to unconscious fear and causing the blood pressure to shoot up. A patient fears his doctor and associates this fear with his doctor's clothes.

Then, previously only allowed in pediatric wards to drive off children's iatrophobia, pastel-colored medical uniforms are gradually being used in hospitals and clinics, influencing fashion trends in the medical community. Medical uniform designers and manufacturers began to produce clothing specifically for doctors and for nurses, healthcare professionals' male and female wear. Tweaking a bit the formality of the white uniform clothing has been beneficial to healthcare personnel as well, involving factors such as style, practicality, comfort, fit, affordability, preference, and hygiene. The basics remain, though—the coats, scrubs, and gowns plus shoes, caps, and masks. Medical wear (and professional healthcare fashion) has now become an important sector of the medical supplies industry.

These colored medical uniforms then extend to the hospital patients. The same principle applies—to avoid the fear of white clothing that relates to iatrophobia and the general anxiety of being sick and confined inside a hospital. The traditional white uniforms are still being used, but colored and printed ones are now more preferred.

MedTecs Group
One of the leading manufacturers of medical apparel from the Asia Pacific region is MedTecs International. MedTecs is an integrated healthcare products and services provider and a global original product manufacturer and distributor of medical consumables. MedTecs Group first commenced operations in 1989 in the Philippines and has since established a strong presence in the United States, Europe, and all over Asia and has offices and facilities in Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Philippines, Cambodia, and China. The major product lines manufactured by the Group include hospital apparel, bandages, and facemasks as well as linens, hospitality apparels, work wear apparels.

MedTecs gowns and scrubs have fabric content made of 55% cotton and 45% polyester. Its healthcare fabric-reusable apparel line consists of regular patient gowns, multi-purpose patient gowns, examination gowns, mama gowns, patient robes, pajama bottoms, scrub suits, and surgical gowns.
Regular patient gowns. These patient gowns are ideal for use throughout the hospital and are designed for complete coverage and modesty. The V-neck design provides added patient comfort and accommodates tracheotomy care with ease. Its tie made of 100% polyester twill tape adds durability.
Multi-purpose patient gowns. These patient gowns are ideal for patients who may require IV care during their hospital stay. Gowns have snap-on buttons on both shoulders to eliminate the need to disconnect IV lines when regowning. All snaps are reinforced to prevent pullout. To accommodate the ease of telemetry monitoring, these gowns have a conveniently placed telemetry pocket for easy lead access. The addition of a buttonhole access at the back of the telemetry pocket to the chest area is for wire access. The V-neck design makes these gowns outstanding for special care procedures.
All patient gowns have three different closures (side-tie back, side-overlap back, and straight back) and come in solid or print design.

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