Comparison of primary laundering effects on hospital textiles by using various laundering procedures

S primarnimi učinki pranja tekstilij ugotavljamo čistilno moč pranja oz. sposobnost odstranjevanja madežev po enem ciklu pranja. Primarne in sekundarne učinke pranja (mehanske in fizikalno-kemijske modifikacije površine vlaken) uporabljamo za ugotavljanje kakovosti postopka pranja, vendar le kot pogoj za higieno bolnišničnih tekstilij. Osnovni namen pranja bolnišničnih tekstilij je vrnitev umazanih, okuženih tekstilij v čisto, sveže in razkuženo stanje brez pretiranih poškodb na tekstilijah za nadaljnjo uporabo. Izbrali smo pet najpogosteje uporabljenih programov pranja bolnišničnih tekstilij (programi pranja pižam, tekstilij s sumom okuženosti, brisač, operacijskih tekstilij in tetrapodlog) in ugotavljali primarne učinke pranja z EMPA-tkanino, artikel 103 z osmimi standardnimi madeži (beljen bombaž, saje/olje, kri, kakav, kri/mleko/saje, žveplovo barvilo, surov bombaž, rdeče vino). Ugotovili smo, da je kakovost pranja primerna v vseh preverjenih postopkih pranja. Primary laundering effects are used to determine the cleaning power of washing or the effectiveness of removing stains after one washing cycle. The primary and secondary laundering effects (mechanical and physical/chemical modifications on the fibre surface) are used to determine the quality of laundering, however, only as a precondition for the hygiene of hospital textiles. The basic purpose of of washing hospital textiles is to return dirty, infected textiles to a clean, fresh and disinfected state without excessive damage on the textiles for further use. Five most commonly used programmes for washing hospital textiles were chosen (program for pyjamas, textiles suspected for contamination, towels, surgical textiles and under-linen) and the primary washing effects were determined by using the EMPA-cloth, article 103 with eight standard stains (bleached cotton, soot/oil, blood, cocoa, blood/milk/soot, sulphur dye, raw cotton, red wine). It was found that the washing quality was adequate in all chosen laundering procedures.