Textiles impregnated with antimicrobial substances in healthcare services: systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Antimicrobial textiles have proved to be a promising biosafety strategy. Thus, the current study was focused on identifying which antimicrobial substances impregnated in textiles used in healthcare services confer efficacy in reducing the microbial load present in these textiles and/or the Healthcare-Associated Infection (HAI) rates, when compared to conventional textiles.

Methods

A systematic review of intervention studies using MEDLINE via the PubMed portal, EMBASE, CINAHL, Web of Science, Scopus, Google Scholar and medRxiv. The studies identified were selected according to eligibility criteria and submitted to data extraction and methodological quality evaluation through Joanna Briggs Institute specific tools. The outcomes were synthesized qualitatively.

SUBMITTER: Schneider G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10213888 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature