scholarly journals Sustainable Finishes for Healthcare Apparels

2021 ◽  
pp. 66-70
Author(s):  
Subashini J.M. ◽  
Ramakrishnan G
Keyword(s):  
Energy Source ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Hazardous Waste ◽  
Sustainable Manufacturing ◽  
Waste Material ◽  
Finishing Process ◽  
Medical Textile ◽  
Textile Finishing ◽  
Conventional Methods

The conventional textile finishing process used to consume a high amount of water, chemical and energy source which leads to more hazardous waste material and polluting the environment. To replace these conventional methods, working towards sustainable manufacturing is more consideration for the need of an hour. In the field of medical textile, the finishes used for manufacturing the health care apparels should enhance the desired properties that the patient and the health care personals need. For this purpose, the advanced and eco-friendly finishing process has been developed. Thus in this paper, the sustainable and eco-friendly finishing process used in the field of medical textile has been discussed in detail.

The finishing of textiles goes digital!

2021 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
pp. 72-73
Author(s):  
Tobias Petzold
Keyword(s):  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Interdisciplinary Team ◽  
Project Team ◽  
Finishing Process ◽  
Textile Finishing ◽  
Chemical Textile

The focus of the work of the interdisciplinary team of the funded futureTex project digiTex-Pro is on the development of a digital textile finishing process, which based on digital technologies for chemical textile treatment. The project team consists of the German companies Zschimmer & Schwarz Mohsdorf GmbH & Co. KG, Burgstädt, Suchy Textilmaschinenbau GmbH, Korbußen, Textilausrüstung Pfand GmbH, Lengenfeld, and druckprozess GmbH & Co. KG, Eisenach, as well as the STFI, Chemnitz.

The Role of Molecular Biology and Nucleic Acid Technology in the Study of Human Infection and Epidemiology

2003 ◽  
Vol 127 (9) ◽  
pp. 1098-1105
Author(s):  
Najam Zaidi ◽  
Konstantinos Konstantinou ◽  
Marcus Zervos
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Nucleic Acid ◽  
Human Infection ◽  
Molecular Techniques ◽  
Disease Epidemiology ◽  
Infectious Disease Epidemiology ◽  
Health Care Practices ◽  
Typing Methods ◽  
Conventional Methods ◽  
Complex Variation

Abstract Objective.—In this review, we will focus on recent molecular typing methods that can be applied to different pathogens and assess their values and limitations. Background.—Resistant subgroups within a species of pathogenic organisms often emerge as dominant strains under the selective pressures of antibiotics, vaccinations, and new health care practices. The emergence of resistant organisms has added to the burden and cost of health care–related infections. Pathogens derived from a common ancestry are often difficult to distinguish by conventional methods, and the practice of clinical microbiology and infectious disease epidemiology must adapt to this problem. Discussion.—Conventional strain typing methods provide a limited means of distinguishing epidemic from endemic or sporadic isolates of pathogens. Nucleic acid–based methods complement conventional and serologic methods of organism isolation and typing. Often, these genomic methods offer more discrimination and details than the phenotype-based conventional methods. Results and Conclusion.—Highly sensitive molecular techniques are capable of detecting single base pair substitutions and resolving the mechanism of underlying complex variation.

scholarly journals REVIEWING CLINICAL WASTE MANAGEMENT UNDER THE LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK IN PAKISTAN: PRACTICES AND CHALLENGES

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 69-76
Author(s):  
Um e Hani ◽  
Ilyas Hussain Sarfaraz
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Hazardous Waste ◽  
Treatment Strategies ◽  
Care Facility ◽  
Health Care Facility ◽  
Review Article ◽  
Health Care Facilities ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Control Treatment

The waste generated at healthcare facilities has two distinct categories: hazardous and non-hazardous waste. 10- 15% of the total waste generated at hospitals is hazardous which is termed as clinical waste. This review article has reported and reviewed the practices of clinical waste management in Pakistan’s major cities. Researches demonstrated that about 1.35 Kg / bed waste has been produced by the tertiary health care facilities in Pakistan. Studies for review process are selected through an iterative process. More than 100 research articles, National legislations, international protocols and newspaper reports are consulted and reviewed to extract the data of interest. Clinical waste management in Pakistan is the responsibility of the individual health care facility producing it under Hospital Waste Management Rules, 2005. Due to lack of proper checks and weak implementation of legislations many gaps have been identified in this review article like lack of segregation, inappropriate vehicles for transportation, poor storage and no advanced pollution control treatment strategies. Most of the hospitals lack documented waste management plan. Staff was mostly untrained and under educated. International standards for safe hazardous waste disposal are not being followed resulting in spread of diseases like hepatitis and AIDS. Cases of poor recycling and reuse of used clinical instruments is also documented. However, the condition is much satisfactory in big cities. There is an understanding to focus on the proper implementation of clinical waste management rules with strict checks. Establishment of incineration facility at major hospitals with proper maintenance, safe transportation to secure landfills and utilization of proper SOPs are suggested improvements towards safe management of clinical waste.

Production integrated treatment of textile wastewater by closing raw material cycles

2005 ◽  
Vol 52 (10-11) ◽  
pp. 299-307
Author(s):  
R. Krull
Keyword(s):  
Textile Wastewater ◽  
Development Project ◽  
Integrated Treatment ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Municipal Sewage ◽  
Preliminary Treatment ◽  
Finishing Process ◽  
Material Cycles ◽  
Textile Finishing ◽  
Working Day

A method for the in-house treatment of partial wastewater flows and the recycling of treated process water into the textile finishing process was developed in order to recycle effluents from textile finishing industry and feed them back into the production process. The method is based on a two-stage biological anaerobic–aerobic process to split colouring wastewater agents and to degrade organic sub-stances contained in the water as well as a chemical stage to remove the remaining color of the water with the help of ozone. In the framework of a research and development project a demonstration plant for a treatment capacity of 1440m3 per working day was installed and started in a textile finishing company. At the plant, a wastewater flow and a recycling flow are treated separately in two different treatment lanes. Approximately 40% of the total wastewater flows, i.e. 576m3/d are treated in the wastewater lane, and a maximum of 60% of total wastewater, i.e. 864m3/d are treated in the recycling lane. Thanks to the preliminary treatment of wastewater flows, which are discharged into the municipal sewage works, a reduction of average COD levels in the sewage works effluents could be achieved.

Exploration on the Production of Natural Green Anti-Bacterial Health-Care Textiles

2011 ◽  
Vol 331 ◽  
pp. 115-118
Author(s):  
Yi Weng
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Finishing Process

Chitosan has the function of anti-bacterial, and it can produce natural green anti-bacterial health-care textiles. However, after the finishing process, the fabrics properties are influenced as well. With the experiments, we study the impaction of chitosan on the fabrics properties. The results indicate: the anti-bacterial performance is good after the finishing process, and the shrinkage has been greatly improved.

scholarly journals Hazardous Waste Management

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Krishnaswamy Kanagamani ◽  
P. Geethamani ◽  
M. Narmatha
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Hazardous Waste ◽  
Management Strategy ◽  
Environmental Issues ◽  
Industrial Sector ◽  
Waste Material ◽  
Hazardous Wastes ◽  
Potential Threat ◽  
Hazardous Waste Management

Waste management is one of the vital environmental issues since last few decades. It has been noted that the generation of waste increases with increasing population, industrialization and urbanization etc. The waste management strategy includes both non-hazardous and hazardous waste management. Non-hazardous waste does not cause potential threat to environment but instead hazardous waste is the waste that poses substantial or potential threats to public health and the environment. Rapidly growing industrial sector has contributed to the generation of large quantity of hazardous waste material. Therefore, to reduce environmental hazard, proper attention is required during storage, segregation, transportation and disposal of hazardous waste, because it cannot be disposed as off in the environment. This study explains about hazardous wastes, types and management.

Advanced Oxidation of Commercial Textile Biocides in Aqueous Solution: Effects on Acute Toxicity and Biomass Inhibition

2005 ◽  
Vol 52 (10-11) ◽  
pp. 309-316 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Arslan-Alaton ◽  
G. Eremektar ◽  
F. Germirli-Babuna ◽  
G. Insel ◽  
H. Selcuk ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Acute Toxicity ◽  
Advanced Oxidation Processes ◽  
Oxygen Demand ◽  
Advanced Oxidation ◽  
Inhibitory Effect ◽  
Heterogeneous Photocatalysis ◽  
Dilution Ratio ◽  
Water Flea ◽  
Finishing Process ◽  
Textile Finishing

In the present study, the decomposition of two biocides used in the textile finishing process with Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOPs) has been studied. Different AOPs, i.e O3/OH−, TiO2/UV-A and Fe2+/H2O2 have been used representing mutually combined components of the chemically and photochemically driven advanced oxidation systems. The course of reaction was examined by changes in chemical oxygen demand (COD), total organic carbon (TOC) and acute toxicity towards the water flea Daphnia magna (assessed in terms of the effective dilution ratio LD50). Particular attention has been paid to determine the inhibitory effect of raw and ozonated biocides on biological activated sludge consortium at concentrations typically encountered in textile finishing effluents. Significant oxidation and mineralization of both biocides could be achieved employing ozonation at pH=11.5 and heterogeneous photocatalysis (TiO2/UV-A) at pH = 5.0, whereas Fenton's reagent appeared to be less effective in COD and acute toxicity abatement.

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