Medical and Hygiene Textile Production
A handbook
Allison Mathews, Martin Hardingham
This handbook offers basic information on all levels of manufacture and small-scale production of medical and hygiene textiles including gauze, cotton wool, bandages, sanitary towels and nappies. Topics range from processing raw materials to packaging (Published in the Small-scale Textiles series).
Published: 1994
Pages: 56
eBook: 9781780444147
Paperback: 9781853392115
Acknowledgements | |||
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Foreword | |||
Preface | |||
Chapter 1 Introduction to medical and hygiene textiles | |||
Chapter 2 Principles of textile manufacture | |||
Chapter 3 Making textiles for medical purposes | |||
Chapter 4 Testing and quality control | |||
Chapter 5 Planning for production | |||
Chapter 6 Equipment suppliers | |||
Chapter 7 Sources of further information | |||
APPENDICES | |||
1 Cultural aspects of sanitary protection practices | |||
2 Specifications of medical textiles | |||
3 Wet processing | |||
4 Sterilization | |||
5 Packaging and labelling | |||
6 Glossary | |||
7 Comparison of Tex with other count systems |
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