医疗手套中的性能增强材料
María José Lovato1, Luis J Del Valle1,2, Jordi Puiggalí1,2
1Departament d'Enginyeria Química, Escola d'Enginyeria de Barcelona Est-EEBE, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, c/Eduard Maristany 10-14, 08019 Barcelona, Spain.
Journal of functional biomaterials
|July 28, 2023
概括
医疗手套是预防感染的重要个人防护设备 (PPE). 这篇评论详细介绍了他们的历史,当前的材料,环境影响和先进医疗手套技术的创新.
科学领域:
- 材料科学 材料科学 材料科学
- 生物医学工程 生物医学工程
- 环境科学 环境科学
背景情况:
- 医疗手套是医疗机构中必不可少的个人防护设备 (PPE),为感染病原体和危险物质提供屏障.
- 在COVID-19大流行期间,它们的使用显著扩大,突出了它们在公共卫生和日常生活中的重要性.
- 医疗手套的发展与聚合物科学的进步密切相关,特别是自从发现了火山化后.
研究的目的:
- 为了回顾自火山化以来医疗手套的历史演变.
- 为了比较常用的手套材料的特性,好处和缺点.
- 探索手套制造中的环境影响和缓解策略,以及新材料和原型的创新.
主要方法:
- 医学手套的历史发展的文献综述.
- 对普遍存在的手套材料进行比较分析,包括天然 (NR),聚烯 (IR),烯 (NBR),聚烯 (CR),聚乙烯 (PE) 和聚乙烯 (PVC).
- 检查环境影响,缓解策略 (生物修复,回收) 和新材料 (生物聚合物,添加剂,抗菌剂).
主要成果:
- 该评论追踪了医疗手套从早期加工到现代材料的演变.
- 将NR,IR,NBR,CR,PE和PVC手套进行比较,可以发现它们各自的优缺点.
- 讨论了与天然生产相关的环境问题,以及缓解和回收的策略.
- 生物聚合物和先进添加剂等新兴材料显示出增强手套性能和生物降解性的承诺.
结论:
- 医疗手套已经发生了显著的进化,仍然是感染控制的重要个人防护设备.
- 目前的材料具有不同的特性,但环境考虑需要可持续的做法.
- 生物聚合物,填充剂和抗菌剂方面的创新正在为下一代医疗手套铺平道路,以提高性能和减少对环境的影响.
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