Patent Abstract:
this invention is about textiles which are equipped with antifungal , anticandidal and antibacterial properties . the aim of the invention is to attain antimicrobial textiles which reduces the incidence of infections communicated or spread by textiles , reduces the loss of extra cost and energy to ensure hygiene and strengthens the hygienic condition of disposable textiles . textiles can be equipped with antimicrobial properties in three ways : in the first method , sodium borate is dissolved in methanol and is then fixed to the fabric . in the second method , sodium borate is dissolved in water and is then sprayed onto the fabric . in the third method , sodium borate dissolved in water and mixed with textile dye and applied as a dye . antimicrobial properties of sodium borate are tested on 38 bacterial species , 9 yeasts and 1 1 fungi isolates based on disc diffusion assay .

Detailed Description:
antimicrobial textiles attained in order to fulfill the aim of the invention are presented in the figures available in the appendix . these are as follows : fig1 — effect of textiles attained through spraying various amounts of 10 % sodium borate solution with a ph set to 10 against escherichia coli . fig2 — effect of textiles attained through spraying various amounts of 10 % sodium borate solution with a ph set to 10 against staphylococcus aureus . fig3 — effect of textiles attained through spraying various amounts of 10 % sodium borate solution with a ph set to 10 against candida albicans . fig4 — effect of textiles attained through spraying various amounts of 7 % sodium borate solution with a ph set to 10 against candida glabrata . fig5 — effect of textiles attained through spraying various amounts of 7 % sodium borate solution with a ph set to 10 against aspergillus niger . fig6 — effect of textiles attained through the fixation of 7 % sodium borate - methanol solution against staphylococcus aureus . fig7 — effect of textiles attained through the fixation of 10 % sodium borate - methanol solution against candida albicans . fig8 — effect of textiles attained through the fixation of 15 % sodium borate - methanol solution against penicillium expansum . three different methods are used to attain the antimicrobial textiles that are the subject of this invention . 1 st method : in this method , firstly , sodium borate is dissolved in methanol and is then fixed to the fabric . in this study , a solution is produced when sodium borate is dissolved in methanol within a mixture of 100 ml methanol + 5 - 15 gr sodium borate and the ultrasonic bath set to 45 ° c . the textiles to be used are placed in this solution and then they are placed together into an oven set to 70 ° c . until the methanol within the solution evaporates . when the textile gets dry , sodium borate is fixed to the fabric . the base material for the textiles used can be any type of fabric used in the textile industry . 2nd method : in another method applied for the purposes of this invention , sodium borate is dissolved in a high ph water ( ph : 10 ) and is then sprayed onto the fabric . 5 - 15 % sodium borate solution is then homogenously sprayed onto the textile at a ratio of 0 . 2 - 0 . 8 l / m 2 . after spraying , the textile is left aside in order for it to dry . the water solubility of sodium borate is around 2 - 3 % in room temperature . however , when the ph of the water is increased to 10 with the addition of naoh , water solubility of sodium borate also increases . this allows acquiring a 5 - 15 % sodium borate solution in water in room temperature . as a result , textiles sprayed with sodium borate solution acquire antimicrobial properties . 3rd method : in the last method for the purposes of this invention , sodium borate dissolved in water is mixed with textile dye before its application . the water solubility of sodium borate increases as its ph also increases . therefore , the base of the water - based textile dye is prepared with a 5 - 15 % sodium borate solution , the ph of which is set to 10 . this mixture is then mixed with the textile dye at required ratios in order to acquire the desired colour . the mixture is then applied onto the textile through spraying or fixation methods . standard nccls disc diffusion method [ 13 ] is modified for use in order to identify the antimicrobial activity of sodium borate on each of the tested microorganisms . a 100 μl solution containing 10 8 cfu / ml bacteria , 10 6 cfu / ml yeast and 10 4 spores / ml mould is prepared from new cultures and is inoculated respectively onto triptonic soy agar ( tsa ), sabouraud dextrose agar ( sda ) and potato dextrose agar ( pda ) through the use of diffusion method . 20 μl of sterile water is dropped onto empty discs and the discs are then dipped into sodium borate in powder format . discs dipped into sodium borate are then placed on planted petri dishes . as a negative control , blank discs onto which 20 μl of sterile water is dropped are used . as a positive control , ofloxacin ( 10 μg / disc ) and nystatin ( 30 μg / disc ) are respectively used for bacteria and fungi . planted petri dishes on which modified disc diffusion method is applied are kept at 36 ± 1 ° c . for 24 hours for bacteria , at 36 ± 1 ° c . for 48 hours for yeasts and at 25 ± 1 ° c . for 72 hours for moulds . antimicrobial activity inhibition zone ( a zone where no microorganisms grow ) is measured and evaluated for microorganisms tested with modified disc diffusion method . all tests are repeated at least twice . the test results for the antimicrobial activity of the tested boron compounds are summarized at table 1 . sodium borate - added textiles prepared with three different techniques and the unprocessed textiles to which sodium borate is not added are placed on the petri dishes planted with microorganisms and their antimicrobial efficiency is tested . sodium borate - added textiles fixed with methanol , textiles sprayed with sodium borate dissolved in ph - enhanced water and textiles dyed with water - based textile dye the base of which is prepared by the addition of sodium borate are tested . as a negative control , any possible impact which inhibits the growing of microorganisms on textiles which are not processed is observed . as a positive control , ofloxacin ( 10 μg / disc ) and nystatin ( 30 μg / disc ) are respectively used for bacteria and fungi . planted petri dishes are kept at 37 ° c . for 24 hours for bacteria , at 37 ° c . for 48 hours for yeasts and at room temperature for 72 hours for moulds . tested antimicrobial activity is evaluated upon the measuring of the inhibition zone of the microorganisms handled . all tests are repeated at least twice . experiments are done on some fungi and bacteria among the microorganisms . the types of bacteria experimented with are acinetobacter baumannii , acinetobacter calcoaceticus , acinetobacter genomospecies , actinomadura cremea , bacillus coagulans , bacillus megaterium , bacillus subtilis , brevundimonas vesicularis , burkolderia glumea , cellulosimicrobium cellulans , chryseobacterium balustinus , chryseobacterium meningosepticum , duganella zoogloeoides , enterococcus faecium , escherichia coli , gordonia rubropentinctuc , gordonia sputi , hydrogenophaga pseudoflava , nocardia brasiliensis , nocardia globerula , nocardia transvalensis , pantoea stewartii ss stewartii , pseudomonas aeruginos , pseudomanas chlororaphis , pseudomonas flourescens , pseudomonas maculicola , pseudomonas putida , pseudoxanthomonas spp ., pediococcus acidilactici / parvulus , providencian heimbachae , rhodococcus rhodnii , sphingomonas terrae , corynebacterium spp ., sphingomonas sanguinis , staphylococcus aureus , mrsa , staphylococcus hominis hominis , stenotrophomonas maltophlia and xanthomonas spp . the types of yeasts used in experiments are candida albicans , candida glabrata , candida parapsilosis , candida tropicalis , filobasidiella neoformansve , hyphopichia burtanii , kluyveromyces marxianus , pichia membranifaciens and schwanniomyces occidentalis . the types of fungi used in experiments are aspergillus spp ., alternaria spp ., botrytis spp ., fusarium spp ., paecilomyces lilacinus , penicillium charlesii , penicillium expansum , penicillium vinaceum , pythium spp ., phytophthora spp . and sclerotinia sclerotiorum . inhibition zones against the tested microorganisms are observed around the sections of samples taken from textiles added with sodium borate which is prepared with three different methods in order to attain an antimicrobial textile that is the subject of this invention whereas no inhibition zones are observed around the sections of the textile samples in the control group ( table 2 ). the textile which is the subject of this invention can be used for dialysis filters , band - 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