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Dow to develop & donate level 2 medical isolation gowns

20 May '20
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Pic: Dow/ Business Wire
Pic: Dow/ Business Wire

In response to the need of isolation gowns, Dow, a chemicals company, has collaborated with nine key partners across a myriad of industries to develop and donate 100,000 isolation gowns to help frontline workers in Texas, Louisiana and Mexico. The gown is made with polyethylene nonwoven coated with a layer of polyethylene film made with resin donated by Dow.
 
“The Dow team is proud to continue developing PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) to help our frontline workers, but this effort would not have been possible without our partner companies, each of whom readily stepped up to make this project a reality,” Michelle Boven, global marketing director for health & hygiene at Dow, said in a press release. 
 
It’s also a testament to how quickly companies can innovate when a diverse team from different organisations across industries come together to achieve a common objective.”
 
The end-product, Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) level 2 gowns, required concepting, design, testing, package development and a supply chain. In this case, each collaborator brought their unique expertise to the table, all donating valuable time and resources to the project.
 
“Many companies have shown tremendous ingenuity and speed in changing over production to meet the needs for respirators, masks, face shields, hand sanitizer and other products critical to fighting this pandemic,” Boven said. 
 
With the accelerated product development, testing and certification of these medical gowns, Dow is proud to be among these innovators and we will continue to look for ways to use our vast material science expertise to address the needs of frontline workers around the world.”
 
The gowns conform with ASTM and ANSI standards and are labeled in compliance with FDA guidance on non-surgical apparel.

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