Investigation of compression ability of antibacterial treated medical textile material

In this paper the possibility of the application of textile knitted material as a compression material from the aspect of the antibacterial treatment as well as the human body constitution was investigated. PA 6.6/Elastane weft knitted fabric, treated with gentamicin sulfate, was used as a suitable experimental material. Compression ability of investigated knitted fabric was examined through the value of pressure which material generates during the application on the certain part of the human body. Constitution type of the female leg, which might be slim, normal and plump, was the base on which the influence of the human body constitution on pressure distribution performance was monitored. The value of pressure was determined by the application of the La-Place equation. Results of the imposed experiment showed that pressure, which textile material generates by wrapping the human model's leg, increases, in a certain extent, due to the applied antibacterial treatment. Keeping in mind that percentage deviation of the pressure from the recommended value is in the limits of the al lowed exception it was established that investigated knitted fabric has satisfied compression ability. Observed knitted fabric might be successfully used in medical purposes as a compression material concerning all three constitution types of leg, before as well as after antibacterial treatment, rather widthwise than lengthwise.