A professional who inspects surgical garments, such as belts, hosiery, trusses, braces, and sanitary napkins for conformance to specifications. Responsibilities include:

• Examines raw materials to detect dirt particles, discolorations, and other defects and rejects substandard materials.
• Weighs and measures component parts and completed garment to verify specified weight and dimensional specifications, using scale and gauges.
• Examines garment at various stages of production for correct positioning of parts and appearance.
• Inspects packaged garments for appearance and to detect excessive glue.
• Tags rejected items for rework or disposal.
• Maintains inspection records and computes level of quality control achieved, using mathematical formulas.