NEW STANDARD FOR FABRIC MATERIALS FOR SANITARY PRODUCTS

The current health crisis caused by COVID-19 has generated the need for mass production of medical and health products, and especially masks.

These products are mainly made with non-woven fabrics as they are materials that have no known risks of irritation or adverse health effects. They are hypoallergenic, biocompatible and harmless, breathable and repel liquids and fluids. In addition, independently or combined with other materials, they provide high protection against infections and diseases.

As for these fabrics, the Asociación Española de Normalización , UNE, has published the standard UNE-EN ISO 9092:2020 Nonowen. Vocabulary, revision of the old version which only included the definition of the term Nonwoven.

In this new standard, the object and the field of application have been extended to also include auxiliary terminology to distinguish non-wovens from other materials.

This rule has been drawn up by the CTN 40 Textile Industries, whose Secretariat is CIE .

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