China : Local standards for public textile likely to be issued this year

Government of China has introduced changes in public textiles, which was in rags. The places like hospitals, hotels, restaurants, public vehicles which use public textiles have been sources of many infectious diseases as the present standards of public textiles are backwards.

Now it’s time to make drastic changes in these standards, which should be in line with international norms set by World Health Organization (WHO).

The public textile, including towel, bath gown, bed gown, work clothes, bedding and so on are repeatedly used by different people in public places must reach health standards after the industrialized washing and disinfection.

In China, every year, around 19 percent of diseases result from bad public health. From last year, Jiangsu Provincial Fibre Testing Centre has begun to draft out “Safe Technical Specification of Jiangsu Provincial Public Textile” which will be the base of national public textile standards.
 
Fibre2fashion News Desk - China