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Changes in the properties of pure cotton surgical gowns and drapes with clinical use and reprocessing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2022

Berendina Elsina Bouwman Open the ORCID record for Berendina Elsina Bouwman [Opens in a new window] ,
Francesco Tessarolo Open the ORCID record for Francesco Tessarolo [Opens in a new window] ,
Alexandre Braios Open the ORCID record for Alexandre Braios [Opens in a new window] ,
Federico Piccoli ,
Devid Maniglio Open the ORCID record for Devid Maniglio [Opens in a new window] ,
Dayane de Melo Costa Open the ORCID record for Dayane de Melo Costa [Opens in a new window]  and
Anaclara Ferreira Veiga Tipple Open the ORCID record for Anaclara Ferreira Veiga Tipple [Opens in a new window]
Berendina Elsina Bouwman
Affiliation:
Faculty of Nursing, Universidade Federal de Jataí, Jataí, Goiás, Brazil
Francesco Tessarolo
Affiliation:
Department of Industrial Engineering & BIOtech, University of Trento, Trento, Italy
Alexandre Braios
Affiliation:
Faculty of Biomedicine, Universidade Federal de Jataí, Jataí, Goiás, Brazil
Federico Piccoli
Affiliation:
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Azienda Provinciale per i Servizi Sanitari, Trento, Italy
Devid Maniglio
Affiliation:
Department of Industrial Engineering & BIOtech, University of Trento, Trento, Italy
Dayane de Melo Costa
Affiliation:
Faculty of Nursing, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
Anaclara Ferreira Veiga Tipple*
Affiliation:
Faculty of Nursing, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
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Author for correspondence: Anaclara Ferreira Veiga Tipple, E-mail: anaclara_tipple@ufg.br
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Abstract

The impact of repeated in-hospital reprocessing on 100% cotton fabric continues to be debated. We analyzed the properties of surgical gowns and drapes over 15 months of clinical use. The amount of linting fibers and the water absorption rate increased significantly, but microbial and blood penetration was preserved.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 44 , Issue 6 , June 2023 , pp. 975 - 978
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© The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America

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PREVIOUS PRESENTATION: This report was presented as “12. Uluslararası Sterilizasyon Dezenfeksiyon Kongresi” on December 9–12, 2021, at the Asteria Kremlin Palace Congress Center in Antalya, Turkey (ISBN: 978-605-80145-2-7, p. 39).

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