Personal protective equipment is of paramount importance to protect healthcare professionals from infectious diseases in epidemic situations. Therefore, efforts are made to develop effective and reliable protective equipment by making use of current technologies all over the world. Studies on the quality of personal protective equipment, which are used today and are still being developed, and the development of relevant regulatory standards are ongoing. In particular, antimicrobial functional surfaces on fabrics are examined in order to protect users against viruses and bacteria, and detailed studies are carried out on protective medical fabric production methods, supply chains and environmental effects of disposable synthetic fibers. Today, research continues to increase the efficiency, safety and availability of personal protective equipment around the world without causing environmental problems.
In high infectious disease outbreaks, healthcare workers are at high risk of becoming infected because they are in direct contact with patients. Personal protective equipment is a critical component used to protect healthcare workers from coughs, sneezes and airborne droplets, in addition to contaminated body fluids and infected patients. Chief among these are headgear, aprons, overalls, masks and glasses.
Medical textiles are used in the production of personal protective equipment in medical applications to reduce the risk of exposure to hazardous substances and cross contamination, especially body fluids. In this area, meltblown fabric and spunbond fabric, which are classified as nonwoven (nonwoven), have been used frequently in recent years. The demand for such nonwoven fabrics is increasing due to their better liquid barrier and filtering properties.
Meltblown fabrics are most popular for personal protective equipment where they are relatively fast and inexpensive to manufacture, a high level of sterility and facilitate infection control. Meltblown fabric is widely used in the production of disposable medical textiles, including surgical caps, surgical gowns and surgical masks. Meltblown and similar non-woven fabrics are generally produced from polypropylene and are generally spun, bonded, melted and blown.
As in all other textile materials, tests are carried out to determine the antiviral activity of meltblown fabrics in advanced laboratories. The main standard based on these tests is the ISO 18184 standard developed by the International Standards Organization (ISO). In this standard, the requirements for determining the antiviral activity of textile products are explained and test methods are presented. This standard covers woven and knitted fabrics, fibers, yarns, knits and similar textile products as well as nonwoven fabrics.
Our organization provides antiviral activity test services within the scope of meltblown fabric testing services to demanding healthcare organizations and manufacturers within the framework of national and international standards, with a trained and expert staff and advanced technological equipment, among numerous testing, measurement, analysis and evaluation studies.
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