Buying Patient Supplies

I'm looking to buy some patient supplies (gown, cap, stockings, booties, etc.). Does anyone know if these can be purchased at a local store (CVS, Walgreens, etc.) or do they have to be ordered from a medical supplier?

Any help is good.

Thanks,

John

You'll likely have to go through a supplier, I don't believe I've ever seen any of that kind of product at a chain drugstore. Some medical supply houses only sell in dozens, some more. I'd just Google search the products you're looking for. I got my patient gown from Medicaltoys.com, but they were expensive. That was back in the early days, I've learned so much more about vendors since then.

Good luck!

Ebay is a good source for these things. I am talking about new items, not used.

We've always ordered on line from a supplier.

While you can probably find a local source if you live in a large metro area, it will be cheaper and easier to order via the web.

Amazon.com would be the best choice for low price and fast shipping

Look on the internet. There are hundreds of places that sell exam gowns etc, and if you have a credit card, they will be happy to sell to you, as long as you meet their minimum quantities. The exam gowns come in boxes so you may need to get from 24 of them to perhaps a gross. The exam table paper often comes in boxes of 12. Some places will sell you per roll but the price is higher.

Than there is always ebay and amazon. The problem with them is that sellers come and go a bit faster (IMHO) than sellers with their own established sites. Not a big deal if you get a lifetimes worth in one order, or if you don't care if you get slightly different stuff the next time or have to dig up a new seller. If you want to re-order it is nice being able to do business with the same folks and get the same exact product again.

Look on the internet several types of cheap gear

You may also look around locally for a medical supply store. Around me they have one that has nursing supplies and home health care products. Look under nursing or medical supply I think.

I've had great luck with Ebay for anything that I have not been able to liberate from work 😃

- Medical supply near you.

- amazon.

I suggest amazon vor ebay

Amazon is great for supplies. The boxes are the actual product box with an Amazon label stuck on the outside. Every product we have ordered came with the description printed on the box, ie: Disposable Patient Drape Sheets, Quantity:100. Just be prepared for anyone near your front door to read those boxes!

As others have said. Amazon and ebay. Few more places for expired-but-still-good surgical gloves (real surgical gloves, not exam gloves). I buy a TON of this stuff off Amazon/ebay! 😃

Walmart Walmart's not bad if you're looking to buy a just a couple or a few or maybe six at 10:10 at most and by like if you're going to buy a bunch of ones I bought socks in a box of 50 for $70

If you are in the US, you can pickup generic cloth hospital patient gowns for like $7.00 with shipping included. I have a “collection” of patient and adaptive gowns that I got off of there. They have lots of other supplies and goodies on there as well.

Elaine