Health care textile products using antibacterial herbal finish Arya Nisha1,*, Rani Lalita, Sushila1 Department of Textile and Apparel Designing, IC College of Home Science, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar (Haryana) 1School of Fashion Design, FDDI, Noida, UP *Corresponding Author's Email: nishagangwan@gmail.com
Online published on 28 March, 2024. Abstract An important and growing part of the textile Industry is the medical and related healthcare and hygiene sectors. The number of applications range from the simple cleaning wipe to the advanced barrier fabrics used for operating rooms. This paper reviews the healthcare and hygiene products used and required by consumers extensively today. The preferences of experts was sought to select healthcare and hygiene textile products to be developed using antimicrobial finish. The products selected from hygiene/utility textile articles category were multipurpose wipes and apron, from textile articles used for cleaning purposes were kitchen napkin and hand towel and from medical textiles category were mask and head cover.A total of thirty designs i.e. five designs for each selected article were created and the top ranked design of each article was selected for product development using herbal finished fabric. Cotton woven fabric was selected for development of multipurpose wipes, apron, kitchen napkin and head cover whereas cotton knitted fabric was selected for hand towel and face mask. Top Keywords Cotton, Healthcare, Hygiene, Medical, Textile products. Top |