It will help to reduce the spread of HAIs in hospitals

1. Antimicrobial
Textile
By
Dr Anjm Hashmi
MBBS,CCS(USA),MPH
Infection Prevention &
Control Director
Maternity & Children’s
Hospital Najran KSA

2. INTRODUCTION
• According to Director General of the
WHO, "We are losing our first-line
antimicrobials."
• Antibiotic resistant bacteria seem to be
winning the battle. As bacteria evolve to
evade antibiotics, infections that were
once easily cured are becoming deadly.
• “Things as common as strep throat or a
child's scratched knee could once again
kill."

3. INTRODUCTION
• Antibiotic resistant pathogens once relegated
to intensive care units and nursing homes are
increasingly found in communities, schools
and gyms worldwide.
• This means that the antibiotic resistant germs
are coming into hospitals with the patients.
• Infections of antibiotic resistant germ are
difficult to treat, thus prevention of exposures
and transmission of the bacteria is becoming
of paramount importance.

4. INTRODUCTION
• Healthcare associated infection (HAIs) and
increasing bacterial resistance have emerged as
a major challenge to the healthcare system.
• In the US there are an estimated 1.7 million
HAIs yearly with nearly 100,000 associated
deaths.
• The most-common organisms in are coagulase-
negative Staphylococcus, Staphylococcus
aureus, Gram-negative bacilli, Enterococcus
spp., Clostridium difficile and Candida species.

5. INTRODUCTION
• Soft surfaces constitute 90% of the patient care
environment.
• Although hospitals continue their efforts to improve
infection control, standardized practices for soft surface
bacterial management but are inadequate as compared
with those for hand hygiene and environmental
surfaces cleaning protocols.
• Healthcare workers move from patient to patient,
frequently throughout the day as a result healthcare
textiles such as scrub uniforms and lab coats becomes
the highly mobile carriers of contamination.
• Several studies implicate contaminated clothing,
curtains and linens as the source of infections and
outbreaks.

6. SOLUTION
• To resolve this problem,
research innovations being
done to develop new
antimicrobial textiles to
reduce microbial acquisition
and transmission.

7. VESTEX™
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9. VESTEX COTTON-BASED FABRICS
• VTT-01 ,VTT-02 & VTT-003 are cotton-based fabrics,
manufactured by Vestagen Technical Textiles
(Orlando, FL,USA).
• VTT-01 is embedded with silver with an overlying
hydrophobic barrier.
• VTT-02 is embedded with a cationic antimicrobial
agent with an overlying hydrophobic barrier.
• VTT-003 uses a proprietary method to impregnate
natural, synthetic, and blended fabrics with an
organosilane based quaternary ammonium
antimicrobial agent and a fluoroacrylate copolymer
emulsion that repels blood and body fluids.

10. VESTEX™
• Thus, Vestex-treated scrubs protect hospital
personnel from exposure to blood, body
fluids, and microorganisms.
• Testing with VTT fabrics indicates these
materials are extremely stable and safe for
everyday human use.
• Vestex™ Garments use a blend of three
patented technologies in a single fabric.
• Vestex™ Protects Garments in multiple ways...

11. 1. Repels Fluids and Resists Stains
• Vestex™ contains a flourine silicon dispersion that
makes garments naturally self cleaning.
Fluids literally bead up and fall off the garment.
• Vestex™ keeps contaminants away from skin.
Person stay clean and dry.
• Vestex™ creates a microscopically structured
surface so fluids, dirt and oils cannot adhere to the
surface.
• As this technology binds to the individual fibers of
the fabric thus keeps garments breathable and
highly durable, not like a fabric coating.

12. Mechanism of Action
• Conventional Fabric Surface: Conventional fabrics
have a large contact surface area and high adhesion
level of fluids and dirt. This leads to contaminated
textiles.
Vestex™ Fabric Surface:
• Vestex™ has a lower adhesion level than untreated
fabrics. Fluids and dirt particles lie only on the peaks of
the fluorine silicon dispersion. Fluids run off and, dirt is
repelled or can simply be rinsed off.

13. 2. Contains An Antimicrobial
• Vestex™ contains a silane-based quaternary
ammonium chloride antimicrobial to prevent
degradation from micro organisms and to
control odors caused by bacteria.
• The antimicrobial in Vestex™ has never been
shown to allow microbial resistance or
adaptation.

14. Mechanism of Action
• Semeltec, the antimicrobial in Vestex, act as a
layer of electrically charged swords.
• When a microorganism comes in contact with the
treated surface, the C-18 molecular sword
punctures the cell membrane and the positive
electrical charge zaps the cell.
• Since nothing is transferred to the now dead cell,
the antimicrobial doesn’t lose strength and the
molecule is ready for the next cell to contact it.

15. 3. Stays Clean, Cool and Dry
• Vestex™ hydrophilic properties wick moisture away from the skin on
the inside of the fabric. This enables rapid evaporation and stimulates
the body’s natural cooling process.
• Vestex™ maintains a professional appearance even when you
perspire.
• Vestex™ resists perspiration from being transported to the outside of
the garment.
• Vestex™ contains an antimicrobial to control odors.
• Vestex™ Dries up to six times faster than untreated fabrics – no more
damp clothes.
• Vestex™ is breathable to keep garments clean, cool and dry.

16. 4. Vestex™ is engineered to last
• Vestex is durable because the
technologies are impregnated into
the fabric.
• Heat from the dryer and ironing
actually regenerates Vestex fluid
barrier technology.
• It is machine wash and dry, but avoid
using fabric softeners and dryer sheets.

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