Development of Probiotic Printings for Polyester Fabrics

This rising in the emergence of hospital required infections led to search new antimicrobial agents, including the probiotics, to combat nosocomial pathogens and to treat their infections. In this paper, probiotic agents were printed on a polyester fabric by means of screen-printing. Then the viability of the probiotics after printing process was determined. The applicability of the produced fabric was evaluated on the basis of their water absorbency, abrasion resistance and washing durability properties. The results showed that it is possible to produce printed fabrics using probiotic agents