INVESTIGATING THE EFFICACY OF BAMBOO BLENDED FABRICS FOR MEDICAL APPLICATIONS

Abstract

Wound healing is a natural process and dressing and medication enhance the process. There has been a sharp increase in the use of wound dressing materials in the recent past. In this research work blends of bamboo/polyester and bamboo/cotton blended knitted fabrics made from ring spun yarns were studied in this project. The yarn samples developed out of different blend proportions were used to produce single jersey knitted fabric samples and the comfort properties such as air permeability, thermal conductivity, thermal resistance and moisture management are evaluated to find suitable combination material for wound dressing. Air permeability, thermal resistance and moisture management are high for bamboo/cotton blended knitted fabric. As it has high thermal resistance, the thermal conductivity is less. As per the studies we have concluded that 67/33% bamboo/cotton blended knitted fabric is better for developing wound dressing material.