Overview: The ability to clean and disinfect textiles is a top specification driver and will be for the foreseeable future. Now, designers across all fields (and not just healthcare) are faced with the challenge of specifying textiles that will withstand harsh disinfectant cleaner protocols, prone to damage and degrade textiles. These considerations around cleaning, durability and the decision on textiles with antimicrobial additives are considerations that should guide every designer in their specification.
Presenter: Laura Harding
IDCEC and AIA Course Numbers: 113317
Subject Code Primary: 4. Interior Design Education
Subject Code Secondary: 1. Instruction
Designation: Health, Safety, Welfare
Category: Educational
Learning Objectives:
Understand the difference between Antimicrobial and Antibacterial and be able to name the 4 types of antimicrobials added to textiles.
Name the 7 Active Ingredients in Disinfectant Cleaners and learn how to identify the active ingredient in a disinfectant cleaner.
Learn the difference and processes of cleaning, sanitizing, and disinfecting textiles and how to ensure a proper textile specification per protocol.
Know the EPA’s Emerging Pathogen Policy and when it takes precedence Understand textile testing methods for durability to disinfectant cleaners to assist in preventing in-field failures.