Medical and hygiene textile production : a handbook

Author(s)

    • Mathews, Allison
    • Hardingham, Martin

Bibliographic Information

Medical and hygiene textile production : a handbook

Allison Mathews and Martin Hardingham

(Small-scale textiles)

Intermediate Technology, 1994

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Description and Table of Contents

Description

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).

Table of Contents

  • Acknowledgements
  • 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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Details

  • NCID
    BA26157067
  • ISBN
    • 1853392111
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    London
  • Pages/Volumes
    viii, 48 p.
  • Size
    30 cm
  • Classification
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