High-Tech Medical Garments
High-tech medical garments are in use at Lakewood Ranch Medical Center making it the first hospital in the country to utilize the latest technology in clothing. The Vestex brand scrubs, lab coats, shirts and surgical garments look and feel like ordinary clothing, but the fabric has built-in levels of defense again the spread of disease, viruses and germs.
From spilled coffee and soda to blood and other bodily fluids, the fabric is treated so that liquid literally beads up and falls off of the clothing. In addition, the treated fabric rapidly kills infectious microbes that it comes into contact with. Vestex garments also have a built in cooling mechanism as the clothing wicks away moisture, such as sweat, from the skin keeping medical professionals cool even in the most heated situations.
The Vestex line of clothing is manufactured by Vestagen Technical Textiles out of Orlando. However, the fabric is treated, cut and sewn in Haiti.
Haiti Tie In
The timing couldn’t have been better for Lakewood Ranch Medical Center and Vestagen Technical Textiles to join forces as one of the hospital’s Registered Nurses, Wilma Schmidt, is preparing for a trip to Haiti.
This week, representatives from Vestagen visited the Ranch to show employees what this new line of clothing is capable of. Schmidt stopped by to watch the demonstration and began discussing her upcoming trip with the Vestagen representative. Vestagen offered to provide scrubs to Schmidt along with seven others from her church group free of charge.
This won’t be Schmidt’s first trip to Haiti as her group has helped build four churches and clinics in the poverty stricken country. She says the heat can be unbearable and is anxious to wear Vestex clothing while working in Haiti. Schmidt said, “It’s going to make working in those conditions more bearable since we won’t be soaking wet with sweat all day long.” Schmidt says she is expecting the worse in Haiti, but praying for the best.
Please contact Jennifer Bryan in Marketing for more information on the Vestex clothing now in use at Lakewood Ranch Medical Center or if you would like to interview Wilma Schmidt regarding her upcoming trip.
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