Nonwoven safeguards healthcare professionals who deliver chemotherapy drugs
Manjushree Spntek has developed an exclusive range of hybrid nonwovens for chemotherapy gowns. Hightex monolithic hybrid nonwovens from Manjushree Spntek are created by combining a special polymer-based continuous fiber web with reinforced thermoplastic to offer a superior barrier to chemicals and hazardous drugs (HDs), as well as comfort during procedures, thereby safeguarding healthcare professionals. Hightex has been certified by international laboratories to satisfy the stringent ASTM F3267-22 and ASTM D6978 standards. Hightex is designed to provide maximum protection from hazardous drugs during compounding, administering, handling waste, or cleaning up chemotherapeutic drug spills.
“The group believes health and wellness are the new sunrise sectors and wanted to expand in this area,” Rajat Kedia, managing director of Manjushree Spntek. “However, our polymer processing expertise and decades of partnership with Reifenhäuser-Reicofil led us to believe in spunmelt nonwoven technology.”
Kedia states that Manjushree Spntek was founded on a vision and significant competence. The company invested in the “World’s First SMART Reicofil Spunmelt Technology.” It provides high-performance nonwovens for Infection Control Apparel, medical disposables, and hygiene.
“One of the biggest causes of death worldwide is cancer,” says Kedia. “The global cancer rate was 20 million new cases and 9.7 million deaths in 2022. The most frequent cancers include lung, breast, colorectal, prostate, stomach, liver and cervical.”
Nurses and infection prevention staff care for chemotherapy patients exposed to hazardous medicines (HDs) they must help deliver. In addition to destroying cancer cells, chemotherapy-hazardous drugs (HDs) can damage blood, skin and stomach cells. Skin rashes, eye irritation, headaches, nausea, vomiting, unfavorable reproductive results (infertility, spontaneous abortions, and congenital abnormalities), and malignancies including leukemias.
“Protecting the protectors (healthcare staff) is in our hands,” says Kedia.
Manjushree serves global consumer giants in the food, beverage, pharma, health, and hygiene sectors, and they are a renowned name in the Indian plastic packaging sector with four decades of experience. According to Kedia, the company has been a dependable partner to global corporations such as P&G, Reckitt Benckiser, Nestle, Coca-Cola, Unilever, Heinz, Pfizer, and many others for an extended period, due to its comprehensive range of plastic processing technologies.
