Antimicrobial fabrics impregnated with Ag particles included in silica matrices

IGAL, KATERINE; PATRICIA G, VÁZQUEZ

Textile Industry and Waste

IntechOpen

Año: 2020; p. 1 - 21

A hospital that has a high incidence of acquired infections during the stay ofpatients in it is not considered efficient, since as Florence Nightingale, an Englishladywho died in 1910 and founder of themodern school of nursing, said: ?the firstthing that doesn?t a hospital must do is get sick.? Filamentous fungi, given theirability to grow on various substrates, are considered within themost damagingorganisms. Among the fungi that are generally found in environments inhabited byhumans in urban areas, we canmention Alternaria, Aspergillus, and Cladosporium,among others.With the incorporation of biocides into textiles, differentmethodolo-gies are being studied depending on the stage they are performed; if it is at the finish-ing of the fabric, among themost used methods is the pad-dry-cure. The objective ofthisworkwas to synthesizemodified silica by including Ag and C,where the latter isextracted from disused batteries and then added as antimicrobial additives to obtainantimicrobial fabrics.