Medical-functional clothing

Functional clothing is defined as that specifically designed and engineered to ensure predefined performance requirements and/or functionality for the user. Functional clothing can be broadly classified into following 4 groups- 

a. Protective clothing (Protech),

b. Sports-functional clothing (Sporttech),

c. Medical-functional clothing (Medtech),

d. Clothing for special needs.

The functional clothing that is used for healthcare is termed as medical-functional clothing. The typical characteristics of medical functional clothing includes absorbency (wound-dressing), air permeability (surgeons’ gowns, staff uniforms) and durability (pressure clothing). These types of functional clothing may be categorised into four separate and specialised areas of application, as follows:

a. Healthcare/hygiene clothing,

b. Surgical clothing,

c. Therapeutic clothing,

d. Intelligent functional clothing.

Areas of application	Kind of clothing
Healthcare/hygiene	Healthcare uniform Clothing for nursing staff, nurse’s uniform Clothing for patients, scrubs, patient wear Medical coats, tabards Medical protective clothing (in isolation wards and intensive care units) Protective gown for dentist Protective gown for veterinary
Surgery	Surgical clothing Surgeon’s gowns, caps Surgical cover cloths Surgical hosiery Surgical hosiery with graduated compression characteristics
Therapeutic clothing	Pressure clothing Tubular elasticised net garment Far infrared therapeutic clothing 1 nfrared shapewear Anti-microbial underwear Anti-irritant’s underwear
Intelligent functional clothing	Cardiopulmonary resuscitation vest EKG Vests for heart patients Intelligent biomedical clothing Intelligent clothing’s physiological monitoring Intelligent clothing in prehospital emergency care Intelligent functional clothing for personal health records and medical information management

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