Cover -- Medical and healthcare textiles -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- WOODHEAD PUBLISHING SERIES IN TEXTILES -- PREFACE -- PART I INFECTION CONTROL AND BARRIER MATERIALS -- INFECTION CONTROL AND BARRIER MATERIALS− AN OVERVIEW -- INTRODUCTION -- WOUND INFECTION -- HOSPITAL PROTECTIVE MATERIALS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- ANTIMICROBIAL PROPERTIES OF SILVER-CONTAINING CEUTOSAN FIBERS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- EXPERIMENTAL -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- COPPER-IMPREGNATED ANTIMICROBIAL TEXTILES -- AN INNOVATIVE WEAPON TO FIGHT INFECTION -- ABSTRACT -- COPPER AS A BIOCIDE -- INCORPORATION OF COPPER OXIDE INTO NATURAL AND SYNTHETIC FIBERS -- BIOCIDAL PROPERTIES OF FABRICS CONTAINING COPPER OXIDE -- CLINICAL STUDIES -- DISCUSSION -- REFERENCES -- A REVIEW OF TBE ROLE OF MICROWAVES IN THE DESTRUCTION OF PATHOGENIC BACTERIA -- ABSTRACT -- MICROWAVE INTERACTIONS WITH MATERIALS -- FIXED FREQUENCY MICROWAVE INTERACTIONS WITH BACTERIA -- WORK CARRIED OUT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BOLTON -- FLOW CYTOMETRY -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- REFERENCES -- ANTIMICROBIAL BIOACTLVE BAND-AIDS WITH PROLONGED AND CONTROLLED ACTION -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- EXPERIMENTAL -- EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- COMPARISON OF ANTIMICROBIAL TEXTILE TREATMENTS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MATERIALS AND METHODS -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- EVALUATION OF PLASMA-DEPOSITED ANTI-ADHESIVE AND ANTI-BACTERIAL COATINGS ON MEDICAL TEXTILES -- ABSTRACT -- PLASMA TREATMENT OF TEXTILES -- X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY (XPS) -- TIME-OF-FLIGHT SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY (ToFSIMS) -- REFERENCES -- CONTROLLING THE SPREAD OF INFECTIONS IN HOSPITAL WARDS BY THE USE OF ANTIMICROBIALS ON MEDICAL TEXTILES AND SURFACES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MICROORGANISMS -- ANTIMICROBLALS.

ORGANOFUNCTIONAL SILANE ANTIMICROBIAL TECHNOLOGY -- VERIFICATION TECHNIQUES AND SAFETY PROFILE -- POTENTIAL USES -- HOSPITAL BLANKETS -- NONWOVEN SURGICAL DRAPES -- WOUND CARE SILK DRESSINGS -- CARPETING -- UNIFORMS -- SILICONE RUBBER IMPLANTS -- CASE STUDY: THE ARTHUR G. JAMES CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE -- SUMMARY -- REFERENCES -- INHERENTLY ANTIMICROBIAL ALCHITE FIBRES DEVELOPED FOR WOUND CARE APPLICATIONS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- PRODUCTION METHODOLOGY -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- ANTIMICROBIAL TEXTILES FOR HEALTH AND HYGIENE APPLICATIONS BASED ON ECO-FRIENDLY NATURAL PRODUCTS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- NATURAL ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS FOR TEXTILE SUBSTRATES -- ANTIMICROBIAL FINISHING OF TEXTILES BASED ON NEEM EXTRACT -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- INVESTIGATION OF THE FILTRATION PROPERTIES OF MEDICAL MASKS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MATERIALS AND METHOD -- RESULTS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- LINT RELEASE CHARACTERISTICS OF NONWOVEN WIPES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- DESIGN OF MEASUREMENT APPARATUS -- MATERIALS AND METHODS -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSIONS -- DEVELOPMENT OF ANTIMICROBIAL POLYESTER USING NEEM EXTRACT -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MATERIALS -- METHODS -- RESULT AND DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT -- REFERENCES -- FIXATION OF CATIONIC ANTIBACTERZAL PRODUCTS BEFORE DYEING: A MORE ECOLOGICAL PROCESS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- EXPERIMENTAL -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- PRELIMINARY STUDIES INTO WASH-FAST ANTIMICROBIAL TREATMENTS OF POLYESTER -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- BACKGROUND -- METHODOLOGY -- RESULTS -- FUTURE WORK -- REFERENCES -- ENZYME-CATALYSED COUPLING OF FUNCTIONAL ANTIOXIDANTS ONTO PROTEIN FIBRES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MATERIALS AND METHODS -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES.

PART II HEALTHCARE AND HYGIENE PRODUCTS -- HEALTHCARE AND HYGIENE PRODUCTS: AN OVERVIEW -- INTRODUCTION -- RECENT ADVANCES -- REFERENCES -- CELLULOSIC MATERIALS FOR ODOR AND pH CONTROL -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- EXPERIMENTAL MODEL -- AMMONIA EMISSION STUDIES -- FRESHCOMFORTTM TECHNOLOGY -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- DEVELOPMENT OF A HIGH-ABSORBENT SANITARY NAPKIN -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- EXPERIMENTAL -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- RETENTION OF ANIONIC SURFACTANT FOLLOWING GARMENT LAUNDERING AND ITS POTENTIAL EFFECT ON DERMATITIS SUFFERERS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- EXPERIMENTAL -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- PREPARATION OF PROTECTIVE DISPOSABLE HYGIENE FABRICS FOR MEDICAL APPLICATIONS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- EXPERIMENTAL -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- DEVELOPMENT OF SURGICAL CLOTHING FROM BAMBOO FIBRES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MATERIALS AND METHODS -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- THERMAL CHARACTERIZATION AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF PLA YARNS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MATERIAL -- METHODS -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- PART III WOUND CARE MATERIALS -- WOUND CARE MATERIALS: AN OVERVIEW -- WOUNDS NATURAL HEALING MECHANISMS VERSUS WOUND CARE MATERIALS -- REVIEW OF PAPERS ON WOUND CARE MATERIALS -- REFERENCES -- CONTROLLED DRUG RELEASE FROM NANOFIBROUS POLYESTER MATERIALS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- EXPERIMENTAL -- RESULTS -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- DEVELOPMENT OF ODOUR (VOLATILX MOLECULE) ADSORBENT MATERIALS FOR HEALTHCARE -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- ODOUR ADSORBENT MATERIALS -- EXPERIMENTAL WORK -- RESULTS -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- DEVELOPMENT OF A DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR DETERMINATION OF SUITABLE DRESSINGS FOR WOUNDS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION.

RESEARCH AMONGST NURSING STAFF -- THE NEED FOR A DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM -- EXPERT SYSTEMS IN MEDICINE -- DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR WOUND DRESSING SELECTION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- TREATMENT OF COTTON FABRICS WITH ETHYL CELLULOSE MICROCAPSULES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- EXPERIMENTAL -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- MEASURING INTERFACE PRESSURE IN COMPRESSION GARMENTS FOR BURNS PATIENTS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- INVESTIGATION METHODS -- TEST MATERIAL -- TEST RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- PSYLLIUM: CURRENT AND FUTURE APPLICATIONS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- PSYLLIUM PLANT -- HISTORY -- TRADITIONAL FOOD APPLICATIONS -- PHYSIOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF PSYLLIUM -- RECENT MEDICAL APPLICATION OF PSYLLIUM -- OTHER APPLICATIONS OF PSYLLIUM -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- PART IV BANDAGING AND PRESSURE GARMENTS -- BANDAGING AND PRESSURE GARMENTS: AN OVERVIEW -- INTRODUCTION -- CAUSES OF VENOUS DISORDERS -- FACTORS WHICH DETERMINE SUB-BANDAGE PRESSURE -- CLASSIFICATION OF COMPRESSION BANDAGES -- RECENT ADVANCES IN COMPRESSION THERAPY -- SINGLE-LAYER COMPRESSION BANDAGES -- REFERENCES -- BIOMATERIALS WITH CONTROLLED ELASTICITY FOR POST-OPERATION RECOVERY -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- TESTING CYTOTOXICITY AND SENSITIZING POTENTIAL -- TESTING METHOD -- RESULTS: SENSITIZING AND IRRITATION POTENTIAL -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- A STUDY OF THE PRESSURE PROFILE OF COMPRESSION BANDAGES AND COMPRESSION GARMENTS FOR TREATMENT OF VENOUS LEG ULCERS -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MATERIALS -- METHOD -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- DEVELOPMENT OF TElREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURES FOR SINGLE-LAYER COMPRESSION THERAPY -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- THE TREATMENT OF VENOUS LEG ULCERS -- COMPRESSION SYSTEMS -- PROBLEMS WITH CURRENT BANDAGES -- 3D COMPRESSION BANDAGES.

MATERIALS AND METHODS -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- SUMMARY -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- INTERMITTENT PNEUMATIC COMPRESSION AND BANDAGING: THE EFFECTS OF EXTERNAL PRESSURE APPLIED OVER BANDAGING -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- METEHODS AND MATERIALS -- RESULTS -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF LYCRA@ PRESSURE GARMENTS ON CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- CEREBRAL PALSY -- DYNAMIC LYCRA@ PRESSURE GARMENTS -- AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF STUDY -- METHOD -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- EMPIRICAL MODELLING OF ELASTIC PROPERTIES OF PRESSURE GARMXNTS FOR HEALTHCARE -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- EXPERIMENTAL -- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- INVESTIGATION OF ELASTIC PROPERTIES OF MULTIAXIAL WARP KNITTED BANDAGES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MATERIALS AND METHODS -- RESULTS -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- PART V IMPLANTABLE MATERIALS -- IMPLANTABLE MATERIAL: AN OVERVIEW -- INTRODUCTION -- VASCULAR GRAFTS -- KNEE IMPLANTS -- MESH GRAFTS -- SCAFFOLDS -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- DESIGNING VENA CAVA FILTERS WFTH TEXTILE STRUCTURES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- CURRENT FILTERS FOR EMBOLIC PROTECTION -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- APPLICATION OF POLYWNYLIDENE FLUORIDE (PVDF) ASA BIOMATERIAL IN MEDICAL TEXTILES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- STATE OF THE ART -- PRODUCTION OF MEDICAL TEXTILES -- PROJECTS USING PVDF FOR MEDICAL APPLICATIONS -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- TEXTILE SCAFFOLDS FOR TISSUE ENGINEERING− NEAR FUTURE OR JUST VISION? -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- MATERIALS -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- REFERENCES -- VISIBLE INVISIBILITY: CONTAMINATION AWARE TEXTILE SURFACES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- INFECTION RISKS -- INFECTION CONTROL -- 'VISIBLE INVISIBILITY', CONTAMINATION AWARE SURFACES.

CONCLUSION.