摘要 |
<p>Disposable apparel, especially disposable surgical apparel comprises, as a protective barrier layer, a nonwoven web (1) including or consisting of fibrillated electret fibers, e.g. of polypropylene, the electret fibers in said web having a weight of not more than 75 g/m2 preferably not more than 50 g/m2, and said fibers having an average width or diameter of at least 10 microns. The apparel may include support means for the protective barrier layer such as two webs of nonwoven fabric (31) and (33) retaining the protective barrier layer (30) therebetween. A method of producing the apparel is described in which the protective barrier layer is provided by laying a web of fibrillated electret fibers by air-laying means. </p> |