Antimicrobial fabrics

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WShalaby, Shalaby. Antimicrobial fabrics , US Patent Office, Pat No, 6780799. 

Table 1 Composition of the antimicrobial fabrics used in this study...

Given the adaptability of this and other equally hazardous bacteria suggests that the reliance on cunent hygiene practice and antimicrobial finishes presently being used to combat the problem of antibiotic resistant strains alone would be optimistic. The use of an on-site contamination detection system embedded into the surface of the textiles used in a hospital alongside antimicrobial fabric treatments (bacteriostatic or bacteriocidal methods) would alert the user to changes in the level of bacterial contamination they are in contact with as it happens. 

Shirley Technologies Ltd, The Layman s guide to antimicrobial fabrics and testing methods, England, 2004. 

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