At our facility, we have to use disposable gowns with every patient who has or had MRSA. Even if a patient had MRSA years ago in a wound that is now healed, just having a history of it. We go thru so many gowns, they are hot to wear, and it takes so much of my time to put one on, take it off and throw it away, put one on, take it off and throw it away, etc. I know MRSA is a problem, but if they dont actively have it, does that make sense to you? If they are taken downstairs for a diagnostic test, they are exposing everyone anyway because they are not gowned. We use the same BP cuff on everyone that is not in isolation, which is stupid because anyone can have undiagnosed MRSA. Even if we take a food tray into their room, we have to put on a gown. Imagine trying to put on a gown while holding a tray.