Table 5.5.

Antibacterial activity of woven fabrics washed 50 times: hospital trial

Wards	Organisms isolated from aprons, gowns, and linens	Observation (growth of organisms)
		Untreated	Treated
Postoperative	Escherichia coli	Moderate	Nil
	Klebsiella aerosens	Moderate	Nil
	Staphylococcus pyogenes	Heavy	Insignificant
Gynaecology	E. coli	Moderate	Nil
	S. pyogenes	Moderate	Nil
	Pseudomonas pyocyaneus	Moderate	Nil
Labour	E. coli	Heavy	Heavy
	Klebsiella pneumoniae	Heavy	Heavy
	S. pyogenes	Heavy	Insignificant