Bacteria fighting hospital gowns?

Well, we have anti-bacterial soap, anti-bacterial tissue, anti-bacterial air fresheners, why not have anti-bacterial gowns?

To be specific, the gown has a coating of a "bug-busting ingredient" called Permagard that "rips through the invader's [ie. the bacterium's] cell wall and annihilates it. The physical attack means bacteria are unable to develop a resistance like they could against a[n] [anti-microbial chemical] substance."

Interestingly enough, according to the article "New Hospital Gown Fights Deadly Bacteria," the designer of the gown simply wanted to create a gown that "promote[d] patient dignity, comfort and safety" by having completely covering a patient's backside. (Don't you just hate the current hospital gowns that leave your bum completely exposed so you have to use one hand to keep the back of the gown closed?)

Granted, these gowns will need to be examined and go through clinical trials (which they currently are undergoing) but if this could help shield a patient from bacteria in the hospital, this may be a very useful tool.

This is just to prove that disease management and disease fighting affects all fields—even fashion.