Antimicrobial solutions provider Noble Biomaterials says third-party laboratory testing shows fabric made with its X-Static technology can reduce the viability of coronavirus on fabric, six times faster than unmetallised control fabric.
BioScience Laboratories Inc tested metallised Noble Biomaterials fabric against the viability of human coronavirus OC43, a common, strong strain of coronavirus.
Several Noble Biomaterials customers, including mask manufacturers Flaviatex and Filartex, are already using the material.
“As a major supplier to the healthcare, military and consumer industries, we wanted to have a neutral third party test our fabric technology to ensure it could help reduce the viability of the virus,” says Jeff Keane, CEO of Noble Biomaterials. “These lab results provide critical safety information for our partners, particularly in the healthcare industry, where cross-contamination and infection prevention are constant concerns.”
Products made with Noble Biomaterials’ X-Static and Ionic+ technologies can promote a safer healthcare environment by permanently inhibiting the growth of drug-resistant bacteria and fungi and preventing bacterial cross-contamination, the firm says.
The company has supplied partners on five continents with enough antimicrobial products to make tens of millions of pieces of PPE as well as other soft-surface materials that provide antimicrobial protection to patients and healthcare workers.
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By GlobalData“Our mission has always been to protect, so we’re grateful that our lab-tested materials are able to provide another layer of protection for healthcare workers, patients and consumers during this healthcare crisis, whether the fabrics are used for scrubs and surgical gowns, bedding and privacy curtains, or consumer masks and apparel,” said Keane.
Noble Biomaterials has partnered with French interlinings specialist Chargeurs*PCC Fashion Technologies to produce face masks and gowns using Noble Biomaterials’ silver-based technologies.
Last week, Swiss specialty textile chemistry company HeiQ said its HeiQ Viroblock NPJ03 is among the first textile technologies in the world to be proven effective against the virus that causes Covid-19.
