METHOD FOR PROVIDING ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOSITE YARNS, COMPOSITE FABRICS AND ARTICLES MADE THEREFROM

摘要

A process for providing antimicrobial properties to a composite item, such as a composite yarn, composite fabric or composite article, is provided involving the steps of immersing the composite item in a aqueous bath containing an organic antimicrobial agent, separating the immersed composite item from the bath and drying the separated composite item, and the antimicrobial composite items provided therefrom.