Each year, twice as many people die in Europe from hospital acquired infections than from road accidents. These infectious diseases have developed antibiotic resistance and spread despite the best efforts of staff, mainly through textiles like bed linen. But the technology developed by a European research project helps fight back against the so-called superbugs, by using a revolutionary nanotec...

Other important developments were carried out during the Egyptian civilisation. They made a great progress on primary human infections and inflammation control in ancient times [2]. Linen based textile gauze structure was employed as the wound dressing at that time. Preliminary work on honey, gums, resins and herbal extracts in woundcare application was undertaken by the Egyptians and the linen...

An efficient linen service is a priority for any institutional healthcare system. Many sheets and pillowcases disappear, and pilfering has been considered as one explanation. In an effort to designate ownership and presumably to prevent theft, some units have stamped their laundry with an identifiable trust logo. We noticed that some hospital linen bore logos signifying a distant origin, and we...

227 The scientists at University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA reported the production and characteristics of natural cellulose fibres obtained from the leaves and stems of Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum Linn.). The composition, structure and properties of fibres obtained from the leaves and stem of switchgrass have been evaluated in comparison to the common natural cellulose fibre...

Abstract The study tested the use of Viscobleach as a multi-scouring agent for pretreating cellulosic fabrics (cotton, viscose, and linen) instead using traditional agents (caustic soda, soda ash, hydrogen peroxide). results showed an increase in whiteness absorbency viscose linen pretreated with Viscobleach. color strength (K/S) increased all shades cotton medium dark linen. also that dye pick...

We present a survey on five years of experiments of excimer laser irradiation of linen fabrics, seeking a coloration mechanism able to reproduce the microscopic complexity of the body image embedded onto the Shroud of Turin. We achieved a superficial, Shroud-like coloration in a narrow range of irradiation parameters. We also obtained latent coloration that appears after artificial or natural a...