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Protection & Infection Prevention

In healthcare today, it’s more important than ever for clinicians to be equipped with the proper protective apparel. Used appropriately, the right gloves, gowns and masks help reduce the spread of Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs) among patients and visitors, as well as protecting healthcare workers themselves from contamination and infections that can occur from patient contact, pandemic influenzas and other sources.

Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs)

According to the World Healthcare Organization (WHO), at any given time 1.4 million people are suffering from an infection acquired in a hospital. Every year in the U.S. alone, HAIs affect nearly 2 million patients, causing nearly 100,000 deaths and costing the healthcare system over $4 billion.
Every year the threats that cause HAIs grow more numerous and complicated. Infections from Multiple Drug-Resistant Organisms (MDROs) and Spore-borne diseases like c. difficile are increasing in frequency and morbidity. There is no silver bullet for HAIs. Attention to detail and accepted protocol are the best available defense for patient and staff alike. Appropriate and thorough environmental cleaning, proper hand hygiene and adherence to PPE use and precautions form an important front line in the battle against HAIs.

Our Protection and Infection Prevention Solutions

Kimberly-Clark is a pioneer and market leader in single-use protective apparel. Our focus is on producing the best solutions in head-to toe protection for the healthcare worker that can help prevent the transfer of infection and contribute to a safer environment for everyone within a healthcare facility.
Isolation Gowns: KC 100, 200 and 300 Isolation gowns provide fluid protection that complies with AAMI Level 1, 2 and 3 guidelines, letting you match your level of protection to the procedure. These gowns also provide a high level of bacterial holdout.
Exam Gloves KC500 PURPLE NITRILE*, KC300 STERLING* and KC100 LAVENDER* Nitrile exam gloves also let you match the glove to the task, and all are latex-free. PURPLE NITRILE* provides outstanding barrier protection, LAVENDER* Nitrile provides cost-competitive comfort and tactile sensitivity and STERLING* Nitrile is versatile enough to be the glove of choice for facility-wide use.
Facial and Respiratory Protection: Our facial and respiratory protection solutions offer an industry-leading selection of mask, respirators and face or eye shields. From procedure masks to N95 respirators, you have all the choices you need to match the mask to the risk.