Antimicrobial performance of cotton finished with triclosan, silver and chitosan

Fashion and Textiles

International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research

Table 2 Evaluation of antibacterial activity of finished cotton in various padding methods

Antimicrobial agent	Application method	Bacteria	% Reduction in CFU of bacteria
			Laundry cycle
			0	1	2	3	4	5
UN	–	E. coli	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
UN	–	S. aureus	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Triclosan (60 g/L)	Pad-dry	E. coli	100	100	100	100	99.99	99.98
	Pad dry cure	E. coli	100	100	100	100	99.99	99.98
	Pad-dry	S. aureus	100	100	100	100	99.99	99.98
	Pad dry cure	S. aureus	100	100	100	100	99.99	99.98
Silver (10 g/L)	Pad-dry	E. coli	92.5	92.3	91.84	91.67	91.34	91.13
	Pad dry cure	E. coli	92.5	92.1	91.89	91.63	91.34	91.14
	Pad-dry	S. aureus	95.65	95.39	95.21	94.92	94.73	94.48
	Pad dry cure	S. aureus	95.67	95.34	95.2	94.95	94.71	94.44
Chitosan (5 g/L)	Pad-dry	E. coli	63.01	37.74	33.89	27.13	20.49	14.31
	Pad dry cure	E. coli	69.23	51.39	47.92	43.85	35.53	29.96
	Pad-dry	S. aureus	72.24	43.98	40.67	34.81	28.94	21.83
	Pad dry cure	S. aureus	81.37	68.38	64.59	57.6	52.07	48.97