Research On The Comfort Of Nonwoven Madical Protective Clothing

In west Europe and America, the production and consumption of medical textiles have grown, specifically the single-use nonwoven products, which can avoid crossed infection. This increase is related to the appearance of new and dangerous infectious diseases, such as AIDS, Hepatitis B, etc. The transmission of blood-borne pathogens has focused now on the material's ability to protect the physician from the patient. But in China, that isn't the case, due to people don't know enough about nonwoven protective clothing.Comfort is an important performance consideration in protective apparel worn in medical sphere. Human beings cannot function satisfactorily and efficiently if they are not completely comfortable. So the focus of this study is on the comfort performance of disposable medical garments.The research program incorporated a comprehensiveevaluation of comfort performance.Laboratory methods are used to measure fabric properties associated with fabric thermal and softness comfort. The Kawabata Evaluation System is used for measurement of critical fabric mechanical and surface properties that predict clothing comfort. Development of an apparatus to evaluate heat-moisture properties of fabrics by testing exterior temperature of fabrics with the Thermal Imaging Camera.Human response to garment tactile and heat-moisture properties such as stiff, unbreathable, damp, clammy, scratchy and overall comfort are assessed in controlled laboratory trials. The comfort properties of nonwoven metical textiles made in different produce method are compared with cotton fabric and among themselves.In order to solve the contradiction between the complication of evaluation system of comfort performance and desire of accurate result, fuzzy logic is applied to simulate the perception of individual psychological sensations.The relationship between individual sensory perceptions and objective measured clothing performance are studied. Mathematical predicted models are developed between fabric physical propertiesand the sensory factors.Zhang Lihua(Fashion Design & Engineering) Supervised by Professors Li Jun & Wang Gehui...