Determination of Potentiality of Nonwoven Fabrics As Surgical Gowns | Chapter 13 | Issues and Developments in Medicine and Medical Research Vol. 7

 The current study examines the possibilities of spunbond, SMS, and spunlaced nonwoven textiles in various fabric weights for surgical gowns with liquid barrier, antibacterial, blood repellency, air permeability, and stiffness features. Surgical gowns are often used as part of surgical staff protective equipment in healthcare institutions to limit the transmission of microbes to surgical patients as well as surgical staff exposure to infectious agents such as HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C. To assess the barrier qualities against microorganisms and liquid or body fluids, polypropylene spunbond, spunlace, and spunbond/melt blown/spunbond fabrics with varied basis weights of 35 g/m2 and 50 g/m2 were utilised. The hydrostatic pressure test, water impact penetration, and resistance to synthetic blood are used to assess the fabric samples for liquid barrier qualities. Staphylococcus aureus is used to test the antibacterial activity of the cloth samples. The thickness of the air permeability and the stiffness force are measured to determine the comfort qualities. The results reveal that SMS fabric samples with a weight of 35 g/m2 and 50 g/m2 provide sufficient liquid barrier qualities for level II AAMI barrier protection, whereas the other two fabric samples only provide level I protection. SMS materials are less pleasant than spunbond and spunlaced fabrics due to their higher stiffness and lower air permeability values, however Spunlace fabric has the maximum permeability and lowest stiffness force. It was also discovered that as cloth weight increases, the stiffness force increases and air permeability decreases. There was no bacterial resistance or blood repellency in any of the textiles.

Author(S) Details

Dakuri Arjun
Department of Textile Technology, University College of Technology, Osmania University, Hyderabad-500007, India.

Lolla Renuka Tejaswini
Department of Textile Technology, University College of Technology, Osmania University, Hyderabad-500007, India.

Vinay Kumar Midha
Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar, Punjab-144011, India.

J. Hayavdana
Department of Textile Technology, University College of Technology, Osmania University, Hyderabad-500007, India.


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