Research Problem
The National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses (2008) reported that an estimated 3,063,162 licensed registered nurses have been registered in the United States since 2008. As a result of growth population of the nurse, there have been increasing pathogen infection issues in the medical fields. According to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) report that “At any given time, about one in every 25 hospitalized patients has a healthcare-associated infection while over 1 million Health Care-Associated Infections (HAIs) occur across in the United States healthcare system every year (2016).” Over the last decade, the issue in the United States of nosocomial infections is the most critical complications affecting hospitalized …show more content…
In many hospitals, advances in technology have caused the public to question the NS’s industry as an aforementioned reason indicated. There is no doubt that the improvement of appropriate fabrics is urgent in the NS’s market (Gupta, 2011). Current research is continuing to evaluate the optimal fabric properties of NS and utilize the results as the basis for an optimal design of the NS to protect from transfer pathogen. Thus, the purpose of this study is to determine the optimal fiber contents with water-vapor resistance of current NS brands in terms of preventing transmission of infection. In addition, this study expects not only to identify specific fabric properties for ideal medical uniforms, but it also reveals the standards for the pathogen transmission of medical …show more content…
Several studies indicated the textile of uniforms were causative of frequent contamination of NS and transmission of bacteria with varying efficiencies of fabrics used as barriers for bacterial transfer (Wiener-Well, Galuty, Rudensky, Schlesinger, Attias, & Yinnon, 201; Perry, Marshall, & Jones, 2001). Thus, it is significance to evaluate textiles used in the manufacturing of nurses’ scrubs to establish which textile materials provide lower transmission of pathogens. In many hospitals, advances in technology have caused the public to question the NS’s industry as an aforementioned reason indicated. There is no doubt that the improvement of appropriate fabrics is urgent in the NS’s market (Gupta, 2011). Current research is continuing to evaluate the fabric properties of NS and utilize the results as the basis for an optimal design of the NS. Thus, the purpose of this study is to determine the brand that has better condition to prevent transmission of infection for patients and nurses’ safety. In addition, this study expects not only to identify specific fabric content for the ideal manufacturing medical uniforms, but it also reveals the standards for the pathogen transmission of medical
The National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses (2008) reported that an estimated 3,063,162 licensed registered nurses have been registered in the United States since 2008. As a result of growth population of the nurse, there have been increasing pathogen infection issues in the medical fields. According to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) report that “At any given time, about one in every 25 hospitalized patients has a healthcare-associated infection while over 1 million Health Care-Associated Infections (HAIs) occur across in the United States healthcare system every year (2016).” Over the last decade, the issue in the United States of nosocomial infections is the most critical complications affecting hospitalized …show more content…
In many hospitals, advances in technology have caused the public to question the NS’s industry as an aforementioned reason indicated. There is no doubt that the improvement of appropriate fabrics is urgent in the NS’s market (Gupta, 2011). Current research is continuing to evaluate the optimal fabric properties of NS and utilize the results as the basis for an optimal design of the NS to protect from transfer pathogen. Thus, the purpose of this study is to determine the optimal fiber contents with water-vapor resistance of current NS brands in terms of preventing transmission of infection. In addition, this study expects not only to identify specific fabric properties for ideal medical uniforms, but it also reveals the standards for the pathogen transmission of medical …show more content…
Several studies indicated the textile of uniforms were causative of frequent contamination of NS and transmission of bacteria with varying efficiencies of fabrics used as barriers for bacterial transfer (Wiener-Well, Galuty, Rudensky, Schlesinger, Attias, & Yinnon, 201; Perry, Marshall, & Jones, 2001). Thus, it is significance to evaluate textiles used in the manufacturing of nurses’ scrubs to establish which textile materials provide lower transmission of pathogens. In many hospitals, advances in technology have caused the public to question the NS’s industry as an aforementioned reason indicated. There is no doubt that the improvement of appropriate fabrics is urgent in the NS’s market (Gupta, 2011). Current research is continuing to evaluate the fabric properties of NS and utilize the results as the basis for an optimal design of the NS. Thus, the purpose of this study is to determine the brand that has better condition to prevent transmission of infection for patients and nurses’ safety. In addition, this study expects not only to identify specific fabric content for the ideal manufacturing medical uniforms, but it also reveals the standards for the pathogen transmission of medical