Sabina Fijan (Author), Sonja Šostar-Turk (Author), Tanja Pušić (Author)

Abstract

Primary laundering effects are used to determine the cleaning power of washing or the effectiveness of removing stains after one washing cycle. The primary and secondary laundering effects (mechanical and physical/chemical modifications on the fibre surface) are used to determine the quality of laundering, however, only as a precondition for the hygiene of hospital textiles. The basic purpose of of washing hospital textiles is to return dirty, infected textiles to a clean, fresh and disinfected state without excessive damage on the textiles for further use. Five most commonly used programmes for washing hospital textiles were chosen (program for pyjamas, textiles suspected for contamination, towels, surgical textiles and under-linen) and the primary washing effects were determined by using the EMPA-cloth, article 103 with eight standard stains (bleached cotton, soot/oil, blood, cocoa, blood/milk/soot, sufphur dye, raw cotton, red wine). Itwas found that the washing quality was adequate in all chosen laundering procedures.

Keywords

tekstilije;bolnišnične tekstilije;pranje;učinki primarnega pranja;parametri kakovosti;

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Language: Slovenian
Year of publishing:
Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization: UM FS - Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
UDC: 677.07:615.4:648.23
COBISS: 11022614 Link will open in a new window
ISSN: 0351-3386
Parent publication: Tekstilec
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Secondary language: English
Secondary title: Comparison of primary laundering effects on hospital textiles by using various laundering procedures
Secondary abstract: Primary laundering effects are used to determine the cleaning power of washing or the effectiveness of removing stains after one washing cycle. The primary and secondary laundering effects (mechanical and physical/chemical modifications on the fibre surface) are used to determine the quality of laundering, however, only as a precondition for the hygiene of hospital textiles. The basic purpose of of washing hospital textiles is to return dirty, infected textiles to a clean, fresh and disinfected state without excessive damage on the textiles for further use. Five most commonly used programmes for washing hospital textiles were chosen (program for pyjamas, textiles suspected for contamination, towels, surgical textiles and under-linen) and the primary washing effects were determined by using the EMPA-cloth, article 103 with eight standard stains (bleached cotton, soot/oil, blood, cocoa, blood/milk/soot, sulphur dye, raw cotton, red wine). It was found that the washing quality was adequate in all chosen laundering procedures.
Secondary keywords: textiles;hospital textiles;hospital laundries;primary laundering effects;quality parameters;
URN: URN:SI:UM:
Type (COBISS): Scientific work
Pages: str. 72-80
Volume: ǂLetn. ǂ49
Issue: ǂšt. ǂ4/6
Chronology: 2006
ID: 10861210