Healthy Living with Medical Fabric

Healthy Living with Medical Fabric

Commonly used medical fabric, there are four forms：

1. cotton

Strong moisture absorption, weak drainage, because the physical characteristics of the fiber material itself, cotton fiber is the structure of the state of the dry hair follicle, the hair follicle after water absorption and expansion, not through physical extrusion of water can not be excluded. As a result, many doctors are sweating all over after long operations, including in many reports during the pandemic, the hand washing clothes they wear under their protective suits are also soaking wet. And the physical characteristics of cotton easy to wrinkled is determined by the fiber itself, want to be processed into a shirt fabric so hot, the cost will go up. And cotton itself by cotton market price fluctuations are relatively large.

2. Cotton polyester blended

Moisture absorption is general, weak drainage, cotton polyester blend is generally 65% polyester fiber, 35% cotton, polyester fiber itself does not absorb water, but good wrinkle resistance, cotton water absorption, but easy to wrinkle, weak drainage.

3. Polyester fiber

If it's a non-functional polyester, forget it. The fiber is solid and wrinkle-resistant, but don't talk about air permeability or moisture absorption at all. However, as a coat, not close-fitting wear is still very cost-effective, after all, cheap is king, the market's cheap white coats are made of polyester fiber, the industry is called clothing.

4. New functional fabric

All characteristics are satisfied, strong moisture absorption, strong perspiration ability, fabric dry quickly, basically 10-20 minutes of water can be fully evaporated. Its composition is a new type of polyester fiber, fiber is hollow structure, water absorption after the air contact area is large, easy to sweat, wrinkle resistance is also super strong. There is only one disadvantage: it is expensive. The price of a white coat is about 2-3 times that of an ordinary white coat. But think about the doctor with an annual salary of hundreds of thousands, the clothes he wears every day are only about 200-300, which is actually not expensive.

Introduction of common fabrics for medical clothing

This winter is colder than usual, and the elderly and children are more likely to have fevers and colds. Due to the epidemic, the work of medical staff is particularly heavy. The long time and high intensity work of medical staff is also a test for the health of medical staff. As the most intimate working partner of medical staff, medical clothing needs to be worn for a long time, so the requirements for medical clothing are higher than ordinary clothes, and it bears the responsibility of protecting the safety and health of medical staff.

Medical staff always wear medical clothes in their work, more need to be comfortable, transparent, cold, windproof and warm. At the same time, the special working environment of medical staff, medical clothing is not only work clothes, but also protective clothing, anti-wrinkle, no ball, no hair, so that the image of medical staff is guaranteed; However, the hospital is crowded with people and there are many germs. The cleaning and disinfection of medical clothes is more strict. Under special industrial washing, medical clothes need to be resistant to high temperature and chlorine bleaching.

We know that medical staff usually need to wear white coats, nurses' uniforms, surgical gowns and so on. You know the appearance of these clothes, but do you know what fabric is made of medical clothing?

Natural fabrics include cotton, linen, silk, cashmere/wool, and leather. But cotton is the only natural fabric used for medical clothing, as the other four are too far apart in price and practicality. Cotton, as the most common natural fabric, more than 50% of all garments are made of cotton fabric. According to the content of cotton, cotton cloth can be divided into pure cotton and non-pure cotton fabric. Its advantages are: the operation clothes made of cotton cloth, washing clothes soft and close, moisture absorption and air permeability are very good, also relatively durable. Of course, there are disadvantages, easy to shrink easy to wrinkle, need to iron, wash more easy to harden.

In the stereotypical impression, we always assume that natural fabrics are better than man-made non-natural fabrics. In fact, most of the medical clothing brands on the market are made of non-natural fabrics, which shows that non-natural fabrics have their own advantages. The non-natural fabrics used in medical clothing are generally synthetic fibers in chemical fibers, such as nylon, polyester, acrylic, spandex and so on. In general, these chemical fiber fabrics are bright color, soft texture, drapery, smooth and comfortable. In addition to being used as a fabric for medical clothing, they can also be used as a fabric for other general clothing. But part of the fabric wear resistance, heat resistance, moisture absorption, air permeability are relatively poor, and easy to deformation, easy to produce static electricity.

Fabric determines the texture of clothing, even medical clothing such as work clothes, while emphasizing practicality, but also pay attention to the texture. Because good fabrics can make the whole person look advanced, so that doctors and nurses appear refreshed, so as to enhance patients' confidence in medical care.