ReviewRevista latino-americana de enfermagem2021
The use of antimicrobial-impregnated fabrics in health services: an integrative review.
Review in Revista latino-americana de enfermagem, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Textiles impregnated with antimicrobial substances in healthcare services: systematic review.Frontiers in public health · 2023Pooled it
- Cutting edge for technical textiles (fluorescent, antibacterial and UV-protective) by incroporation of thienoisoquinoline-quinazoline derivatives.BMC chemistry · 2025Article
- Highly Durable Antibacterial Textiles: Cross-Linked Protonated Polyaniline-Polyacrylic Acid with Prolonged Electrical Stability.ACS omega · 2024Article
- Advancing Antimicrobial Textiles: A Comprehensive Study on Combating ESKAPE Pathogens and Ensuring User Safety.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Antimicrobial Coatings for Medical Textiles via Reactive Organo-Selenium Compounds.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Multifunctional Finishing of Cotton Fabric with Curcumin Derivatives Coatings Obtained by Sol-Gel Method.Gels (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Monitoring of surface cleaning and disinfection in a Brazilian pediatric unit.Therapeutic advances in infectious diseaseArticle
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Abstract
objectiveto analyze evidence concerning the feasibility of antimicrobial-impregnated fabrics in preventing and controlling microbial transmission in health services.
methodan integrative review using the following databases: MEDLINE (via PubMed), Web of Science, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Scopus, and Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences Literature (LILACS), regardless of language and date of publication. Seven studies were included in the analysis to verify the types of fabrics and substances used to impregnate the fabrics, applicability in health services, and decrease in microbial load.
resultssilver nanoparticles and copper oxide are the main antimicrobial substances used to impregnate the fabrics. The patients' use of these fabrics, such as in bed and bath linens and clothing, was more effective in reducing antimicrobial load than in health workers' uniforms.
conclusionthe use of these antimicrobial-impregnated textiles, especially by patients, is a viable alternative to prevent and control microbial transmission in health services. Implementing these fabrics in health workers' uniforms requires further studies, however, to verify its effectiveness in decreasing microbial load in clinical practice.
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