Abstract

MEJIA, M. L et al. PROPERTIES OF ANTIBACTERIAL NANO TEXTILE FOR USE IN HOSPITAL ENVIRONMENTS. Rev. ing. biomed. [online]. 2017, vol.11, n.22, pp.13-19. ISSN 1909-9762.  https://doi.org/10.24050/19099762.n22.2017.1178.

In hospital environments, there are several problems related to Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs), contaminated hospital textiles, can contribute to the spread and transmission of (HAIs), due to retention of viruses and bacteria. The antibacterial metallic nanoparticles immersed in hospital textiles can allow reduction of microorganisms. This paper presents a technological surveillance of the principal properties of antibacterial nanotextiles to be used in hospital environments, based on international standards. Initially, the search equation was determined for “antibacterial” AND “nanoparticle.” Subsequently, the main properties were selected, by means of a multiple authors’ review. Afterwards, the properties were related to international standards. Finally, we present the results found associated to the materials used to develop nonwoven textiles, and their properties for hospital environments, the sizes of samples and also the equipment required for characterization.

Keywords : Nanoparticles; hospital environments; antibacterial; hospital textiles; non-woven textile; properties; Healthcare Associated Infections (HAIs).

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