Hydroentangled waste cotton non-woven based alginate hydrogel wound dressing for high wound exudates
Faheem Ahmad,
Anum Nosheen,
Farooq Azam,
Bushra Mushtaq,
Sheraz Ahmad,
Abher Rasheed,
Yasir Nawab,
Muhammad Sohail Zafar,
Muhammad Amber Fareed,
Moyad Shahwan
Affiliations
Faheem Ahmad
School of Engineering and Technology, National Textile University, Faisalabad, Pakistan
Anum Nosheen
School of Engineering and Technology, National Textile University, Faisalabad, Pakistan
Farooq Azam
School of Engineering and Technology, National Textile University, Faisalabad, Pakistan
Bushra Mushtaq
School of Engineering and Technology, National Textile University, Faisalabad, Pakistan
Sheraz Ahmad
School of Engineering and Technology, National Textile University, Faisalabad, Pakistan; Corresponding author.
Abher Rasheed
School of Engineering and Technology, National Textile University, Faisalabad, Pakistan
Yasir Nawab
School of Engineering and Technology, National Textile University, Faisalabad, Pakistan
Muhammad Sohail Zafar
Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Dentistry, Ajman University, Ajman, United Arab Emirates; School of Dentistry, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan; Department of Dental Materials, Islamic International Dental College, Riphah International University, Islamabad, Pakistan; Centre of Medical and Bio-allied Health Sciences Research, Ajman University, Ajman, United Arab Emirates
Muhammad Amber Fareed
Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Dentistry, Ajman University, Ajman, United Arab Emirates; Centre of Medical and Bio-allied Health Sciences Research, Ajman University, Ajman, United Arab Emirates; Corresponding author. Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Dentistry, Ajman University, Ajman, United Arab Emirates.
Moyad Shahwan
Centre of Medical and Bio-allied Health Sciences Research, Ajman University, Ajman, United Arab Emirates; College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Ajman University, Ajman, 346, United Arab Emirates
Hydrogels are used in modern wound dressings due to their ability to provide comfort with quick healing. However, poor mechanical properties of hydrogels limit their availability in commercial wound dressings. Nonwovens are highly porous, strong, and flexible structures that can provide support to hydrogels without compromising their properties. In this study, a cost-effective and sustainable hydroentangled nonwoven from industrial cotton waste was prepared and incorporated into alginate hydrogel for wound dressings. The novel composite of hydroentangled cotton nonwoven and alginate hydrogel was synthesized by a simple sol-gel technique. The effect of concentration of alginate hydrogel (0.5 wt%, 1 wt%, 1.5 wt %) and drying temperature (20 °C, 40 °C, 60 °C) of composite was analyzed for high wound exudates. The properties of prepared composite samples were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), XRD, tensile strength, tear strength, Air permeability, moisture management wound exudate test, and quantitative antimicrobial testing. Moreover, the comfort performance of these samples was evaluated by air permeability and moisture management testing. The properties of developed composites are highly dependent on the concentration of alginate and drying temperature. The results showed that maximum fluid absorbency (%) of 650 was achieved with good comfort properties. This study can help to increase the commercial availability of hydrogel-based wound dressings.
