TY - BOOK AU - Bartels,V.T. ED - Textile Institute (Manchester, England) TI - Handbook of medical textiles T2 - Woodhead publishing series in textiles, SN - 9781845696917 (print : alk. paper) AV - R857.M3 H367 2011 U1 - 677.0283 PY - 2011/// CY - Cambridge, Philadelphia PB - Woodhead Pub. KW - Biomedical materials KW - Textile fabrics KW - Biocompatible Materials KW - Textiles KW - Polymers N1 - "Textile Institute."; Includes bibliographical references and index; Modern textiles and biomaterials for healthcare -- Hi-tech textiles for interactive wound therapies -- Reusable medical textiles -- Nonwoven materials and technologies for medical applications -- Textiles for implants and regenerative medicine -- Drug-releasing textiles -- Medical textiles and thermal comfort -- Contact sensations of medical textiles on the skin -- Mechanical skin irritations due to textiles -- Allergies cuased by textiles -- Biofunctional textiles based on cellulose and their approaches for therapy and prevention of atopic eczema -- Infection prevention and control the role of medical textiles -- Absorbent products for personal health care and hygiene -- Bio-functional textiles -- Hospital laundries and their role in medical textiles -- Odour control of medical textiles -- Textiles for medical filters -- Textiles for patient heat preservation during operations -- Evaluation of occupational clothing for surgeons: achieving comfort and avoiding physiological stress through suitable gowns -- Occupational clothing for nurses: combining improved comfort with economic efficiency -- Medical bandages and stockings with enhanced patient acceptance -- Superabsorbents and their medical applications -- Nanofibrous textiles in medical applications; TE ER -