The use of nanotechnology to improve the functional efficiency of medical clothing used in the operating room

Nanotechnology is applied in large areas in the textile sector in order to improve the properties of fabrics or give them unusual properties and functions. Given the development of medical clothing used in the medical field from general uses such as clothing for doctors and patients to precise uses involved in the processes of designing and implementing alternative human parts, these clothing products must have quality standards. At the same time, it must fulfils its functional purposes, so the importance of this research becomes clear in processing the samples under study for the purpose of achieving the functional properties of the fabrics for use in making the doctor’s medical gown inside the surgical operating rooms more protective from the dangers that may be caused by bacteria and blood laden with viruses. In this study, we used These materials (100% cotton, 100% polyester

And a mixture of cotton (50% and polyester 50%), and the fabrics were treated with silicon dioxide nanoparticles and chitosan nanoparticles. The results indicated that the best concentration of nanometric silicon dioxide particles was 5%, which recorded 142.9 degrees and 150.9 degrees for the fabrics. Cotton and cotton/polyester and 157.8 for polyester fabrics, and fabrics treated with a weight concentration of chitosan nanoparticles of 3% by weight. It showed ideal bacterial resistance of up to 98.89%, 97% and 98.5% for Gram-positive bacteria (S. aureus) and 92.28%, 95.84% and 98.01% for Gram-negative bacteria. (E. coli) for cotton, polyester, and cotton/polyester fabrics, respectively.