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Trevira CS Bioactive curtains & drapes prevent infection

03 Mar '06

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Polyester fibers manufacturer Trevira GmbH informed that its Trevira CS Bioactive clearly reduces danger of infection.

All hospitals are familiar with the problem. Hospital germs that are resistant to most antibiotics represent a great hazard both for patients and staff. And the larger the quantity of bacteria, the higher the risk of infection. Therefore any steps that can be taken to reduce possible colonies of bacteria constitute an important element in clinical hygiene.

The Institute for Hygiene at the Berlin Humboldt Clinic has recently published the results of a study on the risk of infection from curtains and drapes in hospitals. The tests were carried out on curtains and drapes in Trevira CS, compared with those made from traditional polyester materials.

Each window was hung with both textiles and it was not evident to patients or staff what each material was made from. Twice a week samples were taken in the morning from the total of twelve textiles to determine the number of germs.

There were almost 600 samples and examination of them on the standard materials revealed a clearly higher contamination by nosocomial infection agents (staphylococcus aureus, streptococci, clebsiella). On fabrics made with Trevira CS Bioactive there were over three quarters less. The total reduction amounted to 83 percent.

“There no regulations as to how often drapes and curtains in hospitals have to be changed or washed,” says Dr. Klaus Dieter Zastrow, Head of the Institute for Hygiene. “So is particularly important to use materials that reduce the number of germs – mainly the agents of nosocomial infections”.

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