Making the hospital a safer place by the sonochemical coating of textiles by antibacterial nanoparticles

With increasing population the bacterial infection problems increased dramatically worldwide and affected the markets for antimicrobial products. Clothing and textile materials are good media for growth of microorganisms such as bacteria and fungi. Antimicrobial finishing of textiles protects users from pathogenic or odor-generating microorganisms, which can cause medical and hygienic problems, and protects textiles from undesirable esthetic changes or damage caused by rotting, which can result in reduced functionality. As a consequence of their importance, the number of different antimicrobial agents suitable for textile application increased dramatically in the market.