METHODS FOR TESTING OF ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY OF TEXTILE

摘要

Antibacterial treatment of textiles became very popular in last few years. Many producers of underwear, socks, sportswear, shoes and other textile products announce the presence of antibacterial finishing in their goods as significant added value, increasing users comfort by limiting unpleasant sweat odour and by preventing him from dermal problems caused by perspiration. Antibacterial and antifungal finishes could be also present in other textile applications like beddings or upholstery and in many non-textile applications (building materials, paintings, floorings etc.). For the consumer can determine those effects only subjectively, there are several different international microbiological standards for measurement of antibacterial activity of textiles, based on two main principles: agar plate tests (qualitative) and dynamic tests (quantitative). This contribution is an overview of different methods for determination of antibacterial activity of textiles and, especially, meaning and interpretation of their results, which is absolutely crucial in considering of real effect of finishing.