Bellcross Disposable Shoe Cover (Non-Woven — Hospital and OT Use)
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Product Description
Technical Specifications
- Brand and Manufacturer: Bellcross brand; Bellcross Industries Pvt. Ltd., Dahisar East, Mumbai 400068; GST 27AAGCB5445D1ZU; established 1984; manufacturer of disposable hospital apparel and OT consumables
- Material: Non-woven polypropylene (standard — particle barrier, breathable, lightweight); PE-laminated non-woven variant (fluid-resistant, for wet floor environments); lint-free; elastic ankle band — universal stretch fit; latex-free
- Sizing: Universal size — elastic ankle band accommodates most adult footwear sizes (up to approximately UK 12 / US 13 / EU 47); XL formats available for very large footwear on request; covers from toe to above ankle; slip-resistant base on some variants
- Pack Size: 100 per box (50 pairs) — standard clinical and industrial shoe cover pack format; 1,000 per carton (500 pairs) for institutional bulk; single use — dispose after leaving the controlled zone; do not re-enter controlled zone with removed shoe covers
- Applications: Operating theatre anteroom; cleanroom entry (pharmaceutical, electronics); hospital pharmacy compounding; NICU and SCBU; sterile processing departments; isolation room entry (some protocols); industrial and food production controlled zones
- Sterility and Disposal: Non-sterile (standard — shoe covers do not require sterility for their designated function); single use per controlled zone entry; dispose as general clinical waste on exit from controlled zone; do not wash, re-sterilise, or reuse; manufactured to Indian Standard requirements for disposable medical apparel
Frequently asked questions
Disposable shoe covers are single-use overshoes worn over regular footwear to prevent environmental contamination from outdoor or corridor shoes entering controlled clinical areas. Clinical applications include: operating theatre anterooms (preventing corridor-level contamination entering the sterile OT environment); clean rooms in pharmaceutical manufacturing and hospital pharmacy compounding areas; sterile processing and central sterile supply departments; neonatal intensive care units where floor-level contamination control is part of the infection prevention programme; isolation room entry in some infection control protocols; and clinical areas undergoing terminal cleaning or disinfection where floor-level chemical splash protection is also a consideration. Shoe covers are also used in industrial settings including electronics manufacturing and food production for cleanroom and hygiene area entry.
Non-woven polypropylene shoe covers provide a particulate barrier — they prevent floor-level particulate matter from footwear entering a controlled zone. They are breathable and comfortable for extended wear during a theatre session. They do not provide significant fluid impermeability — if the floor is wet (irrigation fluid, blood, cleaning solution), non-woven shoe covers will wet through. PE-laminated shoe covers have an additional polyethylene film layer that makes them fluid-resistant or fully waterproof, preventing liquid from penetrating to the wearer's footwear. PE-laminated variants are appropriate for environments with anticipated floor fluid (orthopaedic theatre with copious irrigation, trauma bays, wet cleaning environments). For standard OT anteroom use with dry floors, non-woven is the appropriate and more comfortable specification.
Bellcross Disposable Shoe Covers are universal size, with the elastic ankle band providing stretch to accommodate most adult footwear types from flat-soled nursing shoes to large orthopaedic theatre clogs. Universal sizing is appropriate for shoe covers where fit precision is not clinically critical — the shoe cover must stay on during the theatre session and not create a tripping hazard. Most universal-size disposable shoe covers accommodate footwear up to approximately UK size 12 / US size 13 / EU size 47. For staff wearing very large footwear or wide-fitting boots, large/XL shoe cover formats are available from manufacturers on request. The elastic band at the ankle holds the cover securely without requiring tying.
Shoe cover consumption in an operating theatre anteroom depends on the number of personnel entering the OT per day (scrub team members, anaesthetic team, circulating nurses, OT technicians, visitors) and whether shoe covers are changed between cases (some protocols require fresh shoe covers for each case; others allow them to be worn for a full list). A theatre running 6-8 cases per day with an average of 8 people entering per case and shoe cover change between cases uses approximately 96-128 shoe covers per day per theatre. A 4-theatre OT suite uses roughly 400-500 shoe covers per day, or about 2,500-3,500 per week. The 100/box format provides approximately half a day's supply for a single busy theatre — carton quantities of 1,000 are more practical for OT weekly supply orders.
Disposable shoe covers are designated as single-use items by manufacturers and must not be reused or washed. The non-woven fabric does not maintain its structural integrity through washing — wet non-woven degrades and tears — and the elastic ankle band loses elasticity on wetting and drying. More critically, a used shoe cover has been in contact with floor surfaces in the clinical environment and may carry floor-level contamination on its outer surface. Donning a used shoe cover inverts this contamination risk — the outer surface is now handled during donning. The cost of a disposable shoe cover is sufficiently low that reuse is not economically justified, and it creates contamination control risk that eliminates the hygiene benefit the shoe cover was intended to provide.
Bellcross Industries Pvt. Ltd. manufactures a comprehensive range of disposable operating theatre consumables and hospital apparel from its Mumbai facility, established in 1984. The OT and clinical disposable range includes: disposable surgical gowns (AAMI Level variants); OT drapes and towels; surgical caps and head covers; surgical masks and N95 respirators; shoe covers and boot covers; full body protective suits; disposable underpads and bed covers; patient pyjamas and hospital gowns; HIV and hepatitis safety kits; PVC aprons; ECG electrodes and ECG paper rolls; and confinement kits. Sara Wellness supplies the complete Bellcross range to international wholesale buyers, providing a single-source supply relationship for multiple OT disposable categories.
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