Abstract: A medical examination table cover system wherein an endless web of sanitary cover material having a length several times the unit length of the table to be covered is guided on a course such that an area which has been used is moved into a sterilizing zone and retained there long enough for effective sterilization, while other areas are successively used and, in turn, subjected to sterilization; the movement of the web being effected by a motor controlled to advance the web by one unit length at a time, and the sterilization being effected by irradiation by fluorescent germicidal lamps.