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DESCRIPTION
JACKETS WITH POCKETS AND REMOVABLE SLEEVES FOR USE IN THE
HOSPITAL SETTING
Technical Domain
The present invention is related to a textile article
developed to be used as a way to warm up healthcare
professionals and allowing them to transport personal and/or
professional objects, said article being in the form of a
jacket with pockets and removable sleeves.
Such jacket has the particularity of being functional, not
just in terms of warming up the user, but also for allowing
to store small personal and/or professional objects and,
simultaneously, fulfilling the requirements of asepsis and
sterilization imposed to the healthcare providers.
To have such effect, the jacket of the present invention is
made of a material that has antimicrobial, semi-permeable
and anti-static permanent properties besides having a system
of pockets with hidden zippers, removable sleeves and sealed
sewing threads.
Therefore, the present invention belongs to the area of
protective clothing for professional use, particularly to
be used by healthcare professionals, preferentially in a
hospital setting.
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Background of the invention
Infections Related with Medical Aid (IRMAs) and nosocomial
infections are those acquired in places were medical care
is provided, i.e. in the hospital environment, etc. These
types of infections represent an important public health
challenge as they contribute to an increase in the morbidity
and mortality rate, length of hospital stay and healthcare-
related costs. Nowadays it becomes evident that there is an
imperative need to control the IRMAs due to the increase
prevalence of microbial strains with high resistance to
antibiotics or multi-resistant strains.
The clothing used by the healthcare professionals is, for
sure, one of the potential vehicles for the transmission of
microbial agents and, for that reason, is obliged to fulfil
certain requirements, which depend on the areas in which the
clothing is used.
The Operating Room (OR) can be divided, generically, in
three different areas, according to the specific activities
performed in each one of them (ACSS, 2011). This division
has the purpose to promote circulation fluxes and/or to
control the accesses into or out of the OR, being:
Free area - Includes the reception and hosting zone of
patients, personnel or materials;
Restricted area - Includes the operating room, anaesthesia
induction room, disinfecting room, backup room to store a
stock of sterile material nearby the operating room; and
Semi-restricted area - Includes the areas of peripheral
support to the operating rooms, warehouses to store clean
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and sterile material, working rooms to process and store the
surgical instruments, offices and the corridors to access
the restricted areas. The circulation in this area is
limited to professionals and patients, but on special
occasions, it can be allowed the presence of visitors or
patient relatives/friends. The professionals, visitors and
patient relatives should use the uniform of the operating
room (protective clothing), the hair contained and protected
and use anti-static footwear. The clear definition of these
fluxes protects professionals, patients and materials from
potential sources of contamination (AORN, 2012).
Still, it is important to have in mind the comfort of
patients and healthcare professionals. One should be mindful
of the risk of hypothermia on the anesthetised patient, who
has an extensive surface of the body naked and exposed,
submitted to immobilization, vasoconstriction, surgical
incision, perfusion of cold fluids and ventilated with cold
gases. In such cases, and considering the adult patients,
Putstep quoted by Hoet (1985) states that in an environment
with 50% of humidity, it is necessary to maintain the
temperature between 24 and 27 C to prevent the establishment
of hypothermia. Below 21 C all patients have hypothermia and
between 21 and 24 C only one third are hypothermic. The
temperature inside the operating room should be maintained
between 19 C and 24 C for a relative humidity of 50 to 55%
(minimum limit of 40% and maximum limit of 60%).
In paediatric surgery the risk of hypothermia and its
consequences can have a bigger negative impact reaching
cardiac arrest or even death, therefore the maintenance of
the normal body temperature in the paediatric patient is
mandatory.
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As for the comfort of the healthcare professionals, it can be
taken in consideration the necessity of lower temperatures
(19-21 C) for the surgical team that is equipped with surgical
coats, gloves and under the surgical lights. The rest of the
staff requires temperatures between 21 and 24 C.
The reason to have maximum and minimum limits of temperature
and humidity is related to the fact that there is an increase
in microbial growth when the temperatures are closer to the
body temperature and the humidity rates are above 55%. Also,
cold temperatures inhibit microbial growth. On another hand,
environments with a low relative humidity rate (<50%) increase
the risks related to the presence of static electricity.
In order to create temperatures that are comfortable to the
healthcare professionals, it is common to adapt warm, non-
sterile, clothing to be used by the team members as well as
using cold light on the operative lights.
These measures might not be enough to maintain a comfortable
sensation and sometimes the healthcare professionals are
forced to improvise other solutions, such as using their own
warm and comfortable clothing under the hospital uniform.
Apart from this, it is necessary to fulfil the requirements
established by the Hygienization Protocols and the Protocols
of Infection Control of the surgical site in order to respect
the asepsis condition imposed in the three areas of the OR.
The key aspects of such requirements are (AORN "Guideline for
surgical attire - AORN J 101 (Feb.2015) 189-194. AORN, Inc,
2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aorn.2014.12.003):
- The protection clothing (or hospital uniform) can be made of
antimicrobial fabrics;
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- Jewellery (such as, earrings, necklaces, bracelets, rings)
that cannot be contained or confined in the interior of the
clothing should not be used in the semi-restricted or
restricted areas;
- Once inside the restricted areas, all the non-contaminated
personnel should cover their arms with a piece of clothing
with long sleeves;
- Electronic hand-portable equipment, such as mobile phones,
tablets or other devices used for mobile communication,
should be cleaned with a low-level antiseptic solution,
according to the manufacturer instructions for its use,
before and after being taken into the pen-operative
environment;
- The protective clothing should be washed in a specific
laundry prepared to process the hospital clothing, after
daily use or after being contaminated.
The common clothing and clothing washed with a domestic laundry
machine do not fulfil the requirements of water temperature
for washing nor the detergents for processing the clothing
(AST Standards of Practice for Surgical Attire, Surgical Scrub,
Hand Hygiene and Hand
Washing
(http://www.ast.org/AboutUs/Guidelines Public Comment/).
For the clothing, nowadays, healthcare professionals have
diverse options going from generic to technical solutions.
From the generic clothing, the most established one, there are
jackets and vests that are meant to be used in assisting sports
practice or leisure, in outdoor activities, such as snow
sports, mountaineering, etc. in cold environments.
These clothing solutions are known to be robust, long lasting
and versatile while performing several tasks and activities.
Being solutions made to assist this kind of activities, they
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have several pockets to store items needed while practising
such activities.
Despite the wide range of cover, and versatility, these
clothing have the specific necessities inherent to the practice
of healthcare by the healthcare professionals are not foreseen.
It is not even possible due to the fact that the fabrics from
which they are made of and the solution itself do not obey to
the requirements imposed to the materials and/or the clothing
to be worn for such use, some of them mentioned above.
On the other hand, the increased necessity to have
reinforced safety and protection against close contact with
products biologically hazardous, potentially threatening,
is not foreseen with the use of this kind of solutions, i.e.
the clothing to be used in facilities in which there is the
risk of contact with products biologically hazardous,
generally comprehend the use of facial masks that can have
an autonomous air circuit and/or an integral protective
suits, usually including gloves and footwear.
The necessity to have a mechanism that unequivocally
identifies the professional, who is using this kind of
solutions (jackets/vests), is also not foreseen in these
situations, considering the standard needs the healthcare
professionals have, forcing them to improvise non-optimal
solutions to minimally fulfil the clothing requirements
demanded to the users.
On another perspective, the necessity the healthcare
professionals have to closely store several personal and/or
professional objects and to have storing solutions purposely
developed to store personal and/or professional objects with
a standard size, such as a smartphone, a powerbank or a
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stethoscope, make the solutions available nowadays unable
to satisfy such needs.
At the level of the material composing the items used in
the health sector, particularly the clothing items, it has
been seen that the technological materials developed to
respond, permanently, to the need to control microorganisms
proliferation has been focused more on satisfying the
patients needs and support and less on the protection of the
health care professionals.
So, there is a need to find an efficient solution for such
situation.
The present invention aims to overcome the obstacles and
disadvantages of the solutions available nowadays for the
healthcare providers, proposing a jacket with removable
sleeves and pockets, to store its own sleeves and specific
personal and/or professional objects of daily use, storage
and easy reading of the institutional identification card,
outer layer with permanent and washing-resistant
antimicrobial properties, permanent repellence to fluids,
inner layer with anti-static and antimicrobial permanent
properties, permanent repellence to fluids, zippers spirals
that when closed become completely covered, invisible and
water resistant, having a cover for the sliding-head of the
zipper (a "garage" for the zippers head) and a pocket to
store writing material, with a lapel to close it preventing
the accidental accumulation of residues or debris at the
bottom of such pocket, which fulfils the asepsis
requirements demanded for the use on a hospital setting, for
example by the AORN.
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Summary of the invention
The present invention is related to a textile article in the
form of a jacket with pockets and removable sleeves for use
in hospital setting, which was developed to be used as a
warm up article for healthcare professionals allowing them
to transport personal and/or professional objects as well
whilst fulfilling the requirements of asepsis imposed to the
healthcare providers as mentioned on the guidelines of AORN.
Therefore, the present invention discloses a jacket with
pockets and removable sleeves made of a functional textile
material and having at least 5 pockets according to claim
1.
This jacket, being made of a functional textile having at
least two layers, wherein the external layer defines the
jacket external surface with permanent antimicrobial and
semi-permeable properties, and the internal layer defines the
jacket internal surface with permanent anti-static and
antimicrobial properties, results in a comfortable, safe and
functional clothing article that warms up its user and
simultaneously fulfils the requirements of asepsis, imposed
to the healthcare providers while working on a hospital
settings, i.e. preventing the dissemination of microbes.
Additionally, a set of pockets with different storing
functions and removable sleeves makes it suitable for being
used in different locations of the hospital settings, namely
having different temperatures and allowing its user to carry
his personal and/or professional objects even in a more
asepsis restricted areas.
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Description of the figures
Fig.1 - Represents the view of the frontal aspect of the
jacket in a preferred embodiment, wherein:
1 superior left pocket,
la system that covers the sliding head of the zipper of the
superior left pocket (1),
lb water-resistant zipper of the superior left pocket (1),
lc transparent wall, located on the area of the hidden pocket,
which in turn is inside the superior left pocket and that
allows easy visualization and reading of the institutional
identification card,
2 superior right pocket,
2a system that covers the sliding head of the zipper of the
superior right pocket (2),
2b water-resistant zipper of the superior right pocket (2),
3 inferior left pocket,
3a system that covers the sliding head of the zipper of the
inferior left pocket (3),
3b water-resistant zipper of the inferior left pocket (3),
4 inferior right pocket,
4a system that covers the sliding head of the zipper of the
inferior right pocket (4),
4b water-resistant zipper of the inferior right pocket (4),
small pocket for storing writing material located on the
sleeves,
5a lapel that functions store writing material,
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6 system that covers the sliding head of the zipper of the
midline,
7 water-resistant zipper of the midline,
8 water-resistant zipper that allows detaching the sleeves
from the jacket,
9 collar of the jacket that does not reach more than the
inferior third of the user's neck,
10 adaptation and adjustment system of the extremity of the
left sleeve of the jacket to the user's body,
11 adaptation and adjustment system of the extremity of the
right sleeve of the jacket to the user's body,
12 adaptation and adjustment system of the lower part of the
anterior, posterior and lateral faces of the jacket to the
user's body,
place created to allow the user to embroider, stamp or
glue, preferably, with reflective material information that
defines the post the user has on the institution or its name.
Fig.2 - Represents the view of the back aspect of the jacket
with the sleeves having been removed and transforming the
jacket into a vest, in another preferred embodiment of the
invention, wherein:
8 water-resistant zipper that allows detaching the sleeves
from the jacket,
9 collar of the jacket that does not reach more than the
inferior third of the user's neck,
12 adaptation and adjustment system of the lower part of the
anterior, posterior and lateral faces of the jacket to the
user's body,
13 representation of the sleeves inside the pocket (14) with
high capacity,
14 pocket with high capacity located in the posterior face of
the jacket,
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14a system that covers the sliding head of the zipper of the
superior right pocket (14),
14b water-resistant zipper of the superior right pocket (14),
14c,d sleeves inside the pocket (14)
16 place created to allow the user to embroider, stamp or
glue, preferably, with reflective material information that
defines the hospital and/or department to which the user
belongs to.
Description of the invention
The present invention is related to a textile article
developed to be used as a way to warm up the healthcare
providers in a hospital setting, in a form of a jacket (fig.
1) with removable sleeves (fig. 2) and several pockets
(fig.1 and fig.2) allowing the user to transport personal
and/or professional objects.
In the context of the present invention, "hospital setting"
refers to a setting where healthcare is provided and in
which the asepsis requirements vary depending on the area
and activity the healthcare is being provided, as previously
mentioned.
1. The textile material
The jacket of the invention comprises two layers of a
functional textile, wherein the external layer presents semi-
permeable and antimicrobial properties and the internal layer
presents antimicrobial and anti-static properties, preferably
having low thickness (for example 5mm), giving an extra
comfort sensation to the user.
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/ . / The internal layer
The internal layer defines the internal surface of the
jacket of the present invention and is made of a material
that has the function of thermogenesis, preferably synthetic
karakul or astrakhan, also having the permanent properties
of being antistatic and antimicrobial.
1.2 The external layer
The external layer defines the external surface of the
jacket of the present invention and is made of a material
that has the function of protection against fluid splashes,
preferably against biologically hazardous products.
Preferably made of synthetic elastane-enriched fabrics it
is produced in a way that includes a final bathing of a
water repellent product, the external layer also has the
permanent properties of being semi-permeable and
antimicrobial.
2. The textile properties
The jacket of the present invention is made of a textile
material having permanent semi-permeable, antimicrobial and
antistatic effects to allow its use in a comfortable and safe
manner by its user, whilst fulfilling the asepsis requirements
of hospital settings.
2.1 Thermal effect
In order to decrease the surface area, but to maintain the
function of thermogenesis, the inner layer has preferably a
hexagonal pattern. In this way, the total surface area is
decreased due to the fact that the hexagons are engraved in
the fabrics and have their external layout made of a low
relief pattern, whilst maintaining the high thermogenesis
levels. Also, this hexagonal shape, provides a better
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management of the shearing forces applied to the tissue,
keeping a pleasant sensation of agility and comfort.
2.2 The antimicrobial effect
The permanent antimicrobial effect has the purpose of
decreasing the microbial load that may reach the inner layer
coming from the outside, but also to prevent the deposit
and/or proliferation of commensal microorganisms from the
user, this way contributing to avoid the development of
possible infections and/or unwanted odours on the inner
layer of the jacket, which must to be avoided in hospital
settings.
This effect is obtained through the use of a functional
textile material (smart textiles), such as a textile
material that comprises nanoparticles of an inorganic
material, for example silica, silver or other derivate,
immobilized in a matrix, for example a polymeric matrix,
through encapsulation processes known at the state of the
art, in which the nanoparticles mentioned comprise
antimicrobial agents and/or water repellent and is anchored,
selectively to the fibres of the textile material mentioned,
directly or through a coupling agent with specific
functional groups to promote the bonding.
The antimicrobial compound is not removed with the washings
or the usage of the jacket, due to the existent covalent
connections between the nanoparticles containing the agents
selected and the textile fibres and for that reason these
textiles are commonly known as having "permanent
antimicrobial properties".
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2.3 The semi-permeable effect
This effect also known as fluid repellence effect, allows
only the passage of fluids, namely water, in the form of
vapour, due to a bathing with a solution comprising hyper-
branched, hydrophobic polymers with ramified structures,
orientated in an orderly manner in the textile and
crystallise on specifically adjusted comb-polymers (as
described by Rudolph Group in - https://www.rudolf.de/en/).
Additional crosslinking agents ensure the optimum attachment
and durability. The impermeabilization product is only
washed-out when a solution of isopropyl alcohol is used,
removing it from the textile fibres.
2.4 The anti-static effect
The antistatic properties are achieved by means of using a
carbon fibre in the production of the fabrics. Preferably
in a percentage of 1 to 2%, the presence of such carbon
fibre the textile prevents the accumulation of static
electricity in the jackets fabrics allowing the professional
to have a comfortable use of this article. On the other
hand, such effect prevents, when the user takes off the
jacket, static electricity to be generated. This generally
attracts residues and debris, which adhere to the inner
layer of the jacket and by so becomes undesirably in contact
with the body of the healthcare professional.
3. The storage system - pockets
On the external layer of the jacket of the present invention,
it is not possible to identify the sewing threads which
bring together the different parts of the jacket, since they
are covered with a sealant material, for example reflecting
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strips glued at high temperatures in order to fuse them with
the material of the sewing thread. By this way, the surface
in which the microorganisms can get laid and deposited can
be reduced and the efficiency of the sealing between the
outer and the inner side of the jacket can be increased.
The anterior face of the jacket (front part) comprise
pockets, at least four pockets being 2 of them placed at
the superior part of the jacket (1, 2) at the level of the
right and left pectoral areas, and the other 2 at the
inferior part of the jacket (3, 4), in the position
corresponding to the inferior half of the abdomen wall, in
a para-umbilical position.
Each one of these pockets may have small compartments or
comprise elements with additional functionalities than
storage.
Therefore, the upper pockets (1,2) are capable of storing
objects with small dimensions, for example, a credit card,
smartphone, etc.
On the front wall of the superior right pocket (2) there is
an area (15) created to allow the user to embroider, stamp
or glue, preferably with reflective material information
that defines the rank and/or the function of the user has
in the institution or its name, i.e. doctor, nurse,
assistant, etc. With this information visually easy to read
patients are able to identify quickly who is the
professional healthcare provider and avoid asking
information to the wrong person.
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The interior of the superior right pocket (2) may have a
small orifice that establishes the continuity to the inside
of the jacket and has the function of allowing the passage
of cables, such as headphones, cables to supply electric
energy or cables with other functions.
The interior of the superior left pocket (1) may have a
small hidden pocket that has the function of storing the
institutional and/or professional identity card, and having
a transparent front wall the card can be visually easy to
identify and have an easy reading, avoiding the need to hang
a cardholder on the neck or on the pocket of the jacket/white
coat. The anterior wall of the region of this compartment
may have an external transparent layer (lc) so that the
institutional identification card can be easily visible.
The inferior pockets (3, 4) have a medium storing capacity
and might also have the function of warming up and/or resting
the hands or to store personal and/or professional objects.
The inferior right pocket (4) may have in its inside a small
compartment, with enough capacity to store a smartphone or
a powerbank, and inside of such compartment there is a small
orifice that establishes the continuity to the inside of the
jacket and has the function of allowing the passage of
cables, such as headphones, cables to supply electric energy
or cables with other functions.
In the upper aspect of posterior face (back part) of the
jacket of the present invention, there is an area (16)
created to allow the user to embroider, stamp or glue,
preferably, with reflective material information that
defines the hospital and/or department to which the user
belongs to, i.e. surgery, operating room, emergency,
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pathology, etc. With this information that is visually easy
to read patients are able to identify quickly to which
hospital and/or department the professional healthcare
provider belongs to.
The lower aspect of the posterior face (back part) of the
jacket of the present invention, comprises a pocket with
high capacity (14). Such pocket extends through the whole
back wall of the jacket, from the scapulas to the lumbosacral
spine area, and has the function of allowing to store the
removable sleeve of the jacket (14c, 14d).
On the top of such pocket, at the level of the scapulas,
there is a mechanism for holding the sleeves using straps,
hook-and-loop, spring snap buttons or other holding
mechanisms.
In the lower part of the inner aspect of such pocket,
occupying the whole width of the lower third of the height
of the pocket, there is a hidden compartment that has its
opening with a cephalad orientation, it is septate in the
midline and has the function of containing the lower
extremities of the sleeves of the jacket ensuring they do
not move freely inside the high capacity pocket while the
user is on the move or performing the professional
activities.
When such pocket is not occupied, with the sleeves of the
jacket of the present invention, the hidden inner
compartment can be used as a compartment to store large
volume objects, for example, water canteen, bottle of water,
stethoscope, etc.
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In the area of the arm of both sleeves, in particular in
the area of the junction of the lower two thirds with the
upper third of a sleeve, it is possible to have a small
pocket (5) that has the purpose of storing writing material
such as a roller pen, a pencil, etc.
Such pocket has a much reduced capacity. It has an inner
layer coating made of a material physically very resistant
and on the outside it is made of the same material that has
the same permanent antimicrobial properties and fluid
repellence effect as the rest of the jacket.
On the upper part of such pocket there is a lapel (5a) that
covers the upper quarter of the pocket and has the purpose
of creating a lid that functions as a closure system of the
pocket, with or without the writing material in it, and
prevents the accumulation of residues or debris at the
bottom of such pocket.
4. The closure system
The closure system of all pockets of the jacket is based on
zippers (lb, 2b, 3b, 4b and 14b) and the spirals of such
zippers are fully covered, invisible and water resistant
when they are closed. When the zippers are closed, on the
upper extremity there is, preferably, a small cover (la, 2a,
3a, 4a and 14a) that covers the two thirds of the surface
of the sliding head of the zipper.
The midline closure (7), on the anterior face of the jacket,
is also made by a zipper that has its spirals fully covered,
invisible and water resistant when they are closed. On the
upper extremity of such zipper, there is also, preferably,
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a cover (6) that covers the two thirds of the surface of
the sliding head of the zipper.
These mechanisms have the purpose of reducing the exposed
area for microbial deposition, either that being on the
spiral or on the sliding head when it is closed, as well as
increase the impermeability capacity of the present
invention to particles. In the sliding head of the zipper,
there is a counter-resistance mechanism, located to the
zipper pull tab, that forces it to a flatten position
avoiding the creation of a disturbing noise or other
physical forms of interference with the professional
activity.
5. The elastic system for air and particles containing
In the most inferior part of the jacket of the present
invention, along the whole width of the anterior, posterior
and lateral faces, there is an elastic system (12), made of
an elastane-enriched fabrics, that promotes the adaptation
and adjustment of such extremity to the users body, leaving
the jacket fit and comfortable, but simultaneously prevents
the existence of space that would allow the entrance of air
and/or other particles into the inside of the jacket.
In the distal extremities of the sleeves of the jacket of
the present invention, there is an elastic system (10, 11),
made of an elastane-enriched fabrics, that promotes a
circular adaptation and adjustment of such extremity to the
users wrist, leaving the jacket fit and comfortable, while
simultaneously closing the space that would allow the
entrance of air and other particles into the inside of the
jacket.
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In the proximal extremities of the sleeves there is a zipper
(8) that allows detaching the jacket's sleeves, turning it
into a vest (Fig. 2). Such zipper is also composed of spirals
that get fully covered, invisible and water resistant when
they are closed. In the upper extremity of such zipper,
there is a small cover that covers the two thirds of the
surface of the sliding head of the zipper.
These mechanisms have the purpose of reducing the exposed
surface area for microbial deposition, either that being on
the spiral or on the sliding head when it is closed, as well
as increasing the impermeability of the present invention
to particles. In the sliding head of the zipper, there is a
counter-resistance mechanism, located to the zipper pull
tab, that forces it to a flatten position avoiding the
creation of a disturbing noise or other physical forms of
interference with the professional activity.
The collar (9) of the jacket does not reach more than the
inferior third of the user's neck in order to avoid any kind
of interference with the performance of the healthcare
professional.
In this way, during the performance of their activities, the
healthcare professionals can be protected, not just against
the cold coming from the low temperatures required in the
hospital setting, but also against the entrance of water and
other fluids, on the form of splashes or through direct
contact with small amounts of liquids. Besides the protection,
it does allow the evaporation of sweat and it also allows the
healthcare professional to closely carry around small
personal objects, and/or professional objects, without having
the need to go to a locker room forcing the professional away
from the care providing task to the patients.
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Simultaneously, the jacket of the present invention fulfils
the requirements of asepsis imposed to the healthcare
providers as mentioned on the guidelines of AORN.
So, the jacket accordingly with the present invention results
in a comfortable and functional clothing product, that warms
up its user and simultaneously fulfils the requirements of
asepsis, imposed to the healthcare providers while working on
a hospital setting, i.e. that prevents the dissemination of
microbes, that does comprehend the existence of pockets and
removable sleeves, a textile surface on the outer surface,
with permanent water repellence, antimicrobial and semi-
permeable properties, and with a textile surface on the inner
surface with permanent water repellence, anti-static and
antimicrobial properties, in which the preferred embodiment
presents:
a) the zippers are water resistant (lb, 2b, 3b, 4b, 7, 8) and
have a reduced surface area, with a "garage" (la, 2a, 3a,
4a) to hide and protect the sliding head of such zippers;
b) a hidden pocket inside the left superior pocket to hold
the institutional identification card
c) thermo sealing the sewing threads in the whole jacket;
d) elastic system (10, 11, 12) to adapt the jacket to the
professional's body and preventing the entrance of air and
residues inside the jacket;
e) pocket for writing material (5) with a lapel (5a) to
function as a lid of a closure system;
f) a superior pocket with an internal orifice for the passage
of cables coming from an inferior pocket thus allowing to
charge the smartphone that remains in the superior pocket;
g) an inferior pocket, with a hidden compartment to hold a
smartphone or a powerbank and that has in it an orifice
that gives access to the inside of the jacket;
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h) in the back part of the jacket there is an area (16)
created to embroider, stamp or glue, preferably, with
reflective material information that defines the hospital
and/or department to which the user belongs to allowing
the patients to easily read and identify which hospital
and/or department the professional healthcare provider
belongs to;
i) in the front wall of the jacket there is an area (15)
created to allow the user to embroider, stamp or glue,
preferably, with reflective material information that
defines the rank and/or the function the user has in the
institution or his name, allowing the patients to easily
read and identify who is the professional healthcare
provider and its function in the institution.
