Naslov
Thermo-Physiological Comfort and Microbial Properties of Different Textile Raw Materials and Structures

Autori
Kopitar, Dragana ; Rogina-Car, Beti ; Skenderi, Zenun

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Izvornik
Functional Textiles and Clothing / Majumdar, Abhijit ; Gupta, Deepti ; Gupta, Sanjay - Singapur : Springer, 2019

ISBN
978-981-13-7721-1

Skup
2nd International Conference on Functional Textiles & Clothing

Mjesto i datum
New Delhi, Indija, 09.02.2018. - 12.02.2018

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
Microbial barrier permeability ; Sweating guarded hot plate ; Thermal and water vapour resistance ; Geobacillus stearothermophilus ; Bacillus atrophaeus

Sažetak
Textile materials used in healthcare sector, food processing industry, nursing homes, hotels, restaurants and similar areas of application often present a problem when need to provide comfort and microbial barrier properties at the same time. Impact of different fabric structures made of different raw materials commonly used for hospital bed linen, healthcare professionals’ uniforms and surgical drapes on thermo-physiological comfort and microbial barrier properties was investigated. Investigated textile fabrics are woven satin fabric made of 100% cotton, twill woven fabric made of 100% Tencel®, plain woven fabric made of 50% PES/50% cotton, nonwoven fabric made of 100% polypropylene fibres and PES/PU/PES threelayered fabric laminate. Thermal and water vapour resistance was determined using the Sweating Guarded Hot Plate while microbial barrier properties were tested using bacterial spores of the Bacillus genus Geobacillus stearothermophilus and Bacillus atrophaeus. The woven and nonwoven fabrics have very good thermo-physiological comfort, respectively, extremely breathable and comfortable at higher level of activity while PES/PU/PES three-layered fabric laminate has satisfactory comfort where fabric is breathable but uncomfortable at higher rate of activity. The woven fabrics allow easier penetration of bacterial colonies related to the polypropylene nonwoven fabric which is almost impermeable to microorganism due to layered structure with densely arranged polypropylene fibres. The laminate, due to polyurethane membranes between polyester knitted fabrics, is impermeable for microorganism but has highest water vapour resistance.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Tekstilna tehnologija

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