Medical Stockpile Seeks Domestic, Canadian Makers of Safe Gowns (1)

The U.S. medical stockpile is looking for companies that can make disposable isolation and surgical gowns in the U.S. or Canada.

The Strategic National Stockpile issued a request for information to find companies that can deliver gowns over the next 18 months and meet stringent safety requirements.

The gowns will need to be registered with the Food and Drug Administration, cover the back of the wearer, not be flammable, and meet standards set by the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation—the same ones used by the FDA—and standards organization ASTM International.

The gowns are among the many types of ...