Antimicrobial Modifications of Polymers

Sedlařík, Vladimír

doi:10.5772/56222

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“…Thus, such an approach would potentially provide a lower antimicrobial effect and be limited to antimicrobial agents that are stable at higher temperature such as metallic particles. 189 , 194 , 195 There are also natural fibers with intrinsic antimicrobial properties based on chitosan and cellulose fibers; however, their antimicrobial effect is generally less effective. 50 …”

Section: Personal Protective Textilesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sustainable Personal Protective Clothing for Healthcare Applications: A Review

Karim

Afroj

Lloyd³

et al. 2020

ACS Nano

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232

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Personal protective equipment (PPE) is critical to protect healthcare workers (HCWs) from highly infectious diseases such as COVID-19. However, hospitals have been at risk of running out of the safe and effective PPE including personal protective clothing needed to treat patients with COVID-19, due to unprecedented global demand. In addition, there are only limited manufacturing facilities of such clothing available worldwide, due to a lack of available knowledge about relevant technologies, ineffective supply chains, and stringent regulatory requirements. Therefore, there remains a clear unmet need for coordinating the actions and efforts from scientists, engineers, manufacturers, suppliers, and regulatory bodies to develop and produce safe and effective protective clothing using the technologies that are locally available around the world. In this review, we discuss currently used PPE, their quality, and the associated regulatory standards. We survey the current state-of-the-art antimicrobial functional finishes on fabrics to protect the wearer against viruses and bacteria and provide an overview of protective medical fabric manufacturing techniques, their supply chains, and the environmental impacts of current single-use synthetic fiber-based protective clothing. Finally, we discuss future research directions, which include increasing efficiency, safety, and availability of personal protective clothing worldwide without conferring environmental problems.

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Section: Personal Protective Textilesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sustainable Personal Protective Clothing for Healthcare Applications: A Review

Karim

Afroj

Lloyd³

et al. 2020

ACS Nano

337

232

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“…Polymeric biocides are polymers that covalently link bioactive repeating units with antimicrobial activity such as amino, carboxyl, or hydroxyl groups [ 8 , 14 , 18 ]. The polymerization process may either enhance or reduce the antimicrobial activity of bioactive functional groups.…”

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Recent Advances in Antimicrobial Polymers: A Mini-Review

Huang

Yang

Huang

et al. 2016

IJMS

242

156

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Human safety and well-being is threatened by microbes causing numerous infectious diseases resulting in a large number of deaths every year. Despite substantial progress in antimicrobial drugs, many infectious diseases remain difficult to treat. Antimicrobial polymers offer a promising antimicrobial strategy for fighting pathogens and have received considerable attention in both academic and industrial research. This mini-review presents the advances made in antimicrobial polymers since 2013. Antimicrobial mechanisms exhibiting either passive or active action and polymer material types containing bound or leaching antimicrobials are introduced. This article also addresses the applications of these antimicrobial polymers in the medical, food, and textile industries.

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“…These additives are often based on organic compounds or some metals [ 14 , 51 , 53 – 55 ]. However, it should be noted that only a marginal number of them are considered for medical use [ 56 ].…”

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The Interaction of Bacteria with Engineered Nanostructured Polymeric Materials: A Review

Armentano

Arciola

Fortunati

et al. 2014

The Scientific World Journal

167

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Bacterial infections are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. In spite of great advances in biomaterials research and development, a significant proportion of medical devices undergo bacterial colonization and become the target of an implant-related infection. We present a review of the two major classes of antibacterial nanostructured materials: polymeric nanocomposites and surface-engineered materials. The paper describes antibacterial effects due to the induced material properties, along with the principles of bacterial adhesion and the biofilm formation process. Methods for antimicrobial modifications of polymers using a nanocomposite approach as well as surface modification procedures are surveyed and discussed, followed by a concise examination of techniques used in estimating bacteria/material interactions. Finally, we present an outline of future sceneries and perspectives on antibacterial applications of nanostructured materials to resist or counteract implant infections.

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Antimicrobial Modifications of Polymers

Cited by 26 publications

References 47 publications

Sustainable Personal Protective Clothing for Healthcare Applications: A Review

Sustainable Personal Protective Clothing for Healthcare Applications: A Review

Recent Advances in Antimicrobial Polymers: A Mini-Review

The Interaction of Bacteria with Engineered Nanostructured Polymeric Materials: A Review

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