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Vestagen uses Vestex fabric to make operating room scrubs

24 Mar '15

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Vestagen Technical Textiles, Inc., which develops and markets advanced performance textile products and technologies, has made specially designed scrubs for operating room staff made with Vestex, an active barrier protective fabric that prevents or reduces acquisition and retention of microbes and other contaminants.

The new operating room scrubs joined a full line of protective healthcare worker lab coats and scrubs under the myGuardian brand. Vestagen also offers an innovative patient apparel line called myComfort that combines the technical Vestex protective properties with design features that also fully protect patient dignity. Healthcare lab coats, scrubs and patient gowns made with Vestex fabric are proven in a hospital setting to reduce the acquisition and retention of contaminants on the fabric, Vestagen said in a press release.

With the help of an innovative fluid barrier by Schoeller Technologies that is bound to individual fibres and is incorporated into the structure of Vestex, the fabric becomes durable and highly repellent to the most common body fluids, water, oil, and dirt encountered by healthcare workers.

Another Schoeller technology wicks away moisture from inside the fabric and promotes evaporation, enhancing wearer comfort. Furthermore, high repellence and moisture absorption are ideally used in combination with Vestagen’s embedded antimicrobial technology, which is effective against a broad spectrum of organisms.

Hans U Kohn, COO of Schoeller Technologies AG said, “We are excited to see the new, positive developments of Vestagen’s apparel lines in the protective healthcare uniform market. We are proud that Schoeller can contribute to the development of these state-of-the-art products and have been very pleased to work with this dynamic and innovative company”.

Uncas B (Ben) Favret III, Vestagen president and CEO said, “Working with Schoeller Technologies has been essential to our success. Vestagen and Schoeller are tightly aligned in our mission to protect the health of people and the planet.”

In 2014, Vestagen Technical Textiles, Inc. obtained rights to patented textile technologies by Schoeller Technologies to develop Vestex. In addition, Vestex recently became the only Active Barrier Apparel to earn the exclusive endorsement from the American Hospital Association (AHA). (GK)

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