MEDICAL TEXTILES: A USER PERSPECTIVE

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MEDICAL TEXTILESA USER PERSPECTIVE
REQUIREMENTS

• DR. T.S. SIDHU
• MEDICAL SUPERINTENDENT
• DR. R.M.L. HOSPITAL
• NEW DELHI

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Textile is a woven fabric or cloth,
yarn used for weaving cloth
Oxford
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Medical Textiles are the type of technical
textiles that

• Offer a variety of technical functional
  properties
• Have application in the field of medical and
  clinical care
• Are manufactured primarily for their technical
  performance functional properties rather than
  their aesthetic or decorative characteristics

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• Technical Textiles
• 1) Geo Tech
• 2) Meditech
• Hygiene
• Health Care
• Personal Care
• Surgical Applications

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Objective

• Is to improve quality of health care delivery
  through disposable products and enhance the
  standard in health care delivery by minimizing
  the risk of infections.

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Criterion for Medical Textiles

• 1. Conformance to technical specs.
• 2. Sterile
• 3. Anti Allergenic
• 4. Anti Bacterial
• 5. Environment friendly
• 6. Economical

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Various types of textiles in medical care

1. Natural Man Made
2. Woven Non-Woven
3. Sterile Unsterile
4. Disposable Re-useable
5. Patient Non-Patient

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Advantages of Medical Textile

• Prevention of HAI
• Cross infection is reduced
• Protection of care providers
• Cost effective
• WHO recommends disposable PPEs
• Comfort level is higher e.g. gowns
• Breath-ability of non-woven is better
• Reduced AVLS.

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• Engineered to have high barrier to blood and
  other body fluids.
• Are compatible with various types of
  sterilization techniques
• In OTs they protect the user from static
  electricity
• Are flexible, soft and comfortable.

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Categories of Medical Textiles

1. Personal Health care/Hygiene Products
2. Non implantable material/medical dressings
3. Implantable mats
4. Extra corporal devices

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Modern materials and processes

• Compression and bandaging

Healthcare and hygiene
Wound care
Implantable devices
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Recent Advances

• Development of Polylactic acid polyglycolic
  acid fibers as structures for cell growth.

Temporary bio-resource-able textile supports
for growing human organic tissue
Development of smart fibers (Polymers/
Proteins) for treatment of wounds Ulcers
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Application of Medical Textiles

1. Surgical Dressings
2. Health Care Textiles
3. Sutures and ligatures
4. Implants Devices
5. Extra Corporal Devises

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CONSTRAINTS

• Indian Standards are not available
• Provisions of Indian Pharmacopoeia are not
  available
• Most of the implants are imported
• Costs are high
• Disposal ISSUE

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Various Textiles procured in Dr. RML Hospital
S. No. Type of Textile Consumption in 2009-2010
1. Surgeon Kurta Pyajama (For Doctors) 1200 Nos.
2 Kurta Pyajama For (Nurses/Technician) 1400 Nos.
3 Legging 100 Nos.
4 Bed Sheet 5000Nos
5 Draw Sheet 1600 Nos.
6. Abdominal Sheet 1100 Nos.
7. OT Gown with Flap 3500 Nos.
8. Blanket 600 Nos.
9. Towel 135 Nos.
10. Duster 2600 Nos.
11. Doctors Coat Nurses Technician Coat 200 Nos.
Total Expenditure for aforesaid items Rs. 25,91,070/-
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Disposable Textiles procured in Dr. RML
Hospital
S. No. Name of Item Consumption In 2009-2010 Expenditure
1. Disposable Face Mask 570000 Nos. Rs.11,05,357/-
2. Disposable Caps 225000 Nos. Rs.2,17,198/-
3. Disposable Bed Sheet 12350 Nos. Rs.3,36,490/-
4. Disposable Gown 67150 Nos. Rs.5,65,080/-
Total Expenditure Rs.22,24,124/-

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