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“Application Of Antimicrobial Nonwoven Fabrics In Nursing Pads”
Abstract:
Nursing pads are widely used by nursing mothers to prevent strike-through of milk onto their clothing. This research aims to produce fabrics suitable for being used as a breast-milk absorbent pad. The produced nurse pad consists of three layers The non-woven technique was applied to produce the outer layers , using different substrates where the outer layers were made of (cotton, viscose, polyester, viscose/ polyester blend and polypropylene),and the wadding layer were made of cotton and viscose . The produced fabrics were treated with an antimicrobial agent. Different parameters were studied including, fabric construction (using nonwoven technique), material used and weight. Their influence on the performance of the end-use fabric and the achieved properties were studied. On the other hand physical-chemical properties including roughness, thickness, absorption, and antimicrobial, were evaluated according to the final product needs.
Nursing pads
The feeding of a baby is essential for its correct development and for good nutrition and it is strongly advised by pediatricians, midwives and other experts in breastfeeding. (3)A period of time (several days to few weeks) elapses during which the demands of infant gradually influences the hormonal production of the mother which, in turn, adjusts the volume of milk production.
Types of nursing pads
There are two major types of nursing pads .The first is a therapeutic breast pad for heating or cooling the female breast during nursing to alleviate the symptoms of clogged milk duct
Experimental Work
This research concerns with producing fabrics suitable for being used as nursing pad. Five kinds of textile materials were used in this research, polyester, viscose, viscose/ polyester blend, cotton and polypropylene. Nonwoven construction, using random- laid technique for forming the web and spun-laced process for web bonding, was used for producing the inner and outer layers for all samples under study.
Antimicrobial test
From tables that the data revealed untreated fabrics did not provide any resistance against microbes. Treatment of fabrics with triclosan led to an improvement in properties of the anti- microbes and it was found that treatment of fabrics with cellulose-based substance with triclosan provided good microbe resistance.
Roughness test
From the table of roughness results and diagrams it is clear that, there is a direct relationship between weight/m2 and roughness.
Air permeability test
In this study the researcher has treated nursing pad samples with triclosan to improve their antimicrobial and water barrier properties.
Water absorption test
It is obvious from results that samples of viscose wadding have achieved the highest rates of absorption, whereas cotton samples have achieved the lowest rates.
From the results it is obvious that samples produced of viscose fiber have achieved the highest rates of water permeability among all produced samples .
Thickness
From the statistical analysis of the thickness test, it is obvious that there is a direct relationship between weight /m2 and fabric thickness,
