Nosocomial Infections Continue to Dominate the Nonwoven Market

As June 2015 nears its end, manufacturers of medical nonwoven disposables remain optimistic about the sales performance. When curiosity regarding the application of nonwoven disposables in the healthcare sector widened, facilities such as physicians’ offices, dental clinics, hospitals and home health care segment emerged as the greatest consumers this year. In a recent instance Kcrg.com reported that UIHC has decided to roll out over $641,000 to respond to the Ebola crises. This investment would be used in installing more biologically secure hospital hood equipment and stockpile of protective disposable gloves and gowns. In terms of healthcare or medical impact the growth in the nonwoven disposables product market is highly influenced by geography and three notable factors – aging masses, obesity and diabetes problem. To many it many seem more physiological but South Koreans are now seen seconding the face mask fashion against the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome treat that is making breathing challenging.

Medical trends by and large have also increased the need for surgical procedures and therefore the demand for disposable nonwoven products such as face masks, doctor’s gown, wound care, wound care and other medical materials. Eyeing such an exponential growth in the disposable products an entrepreneur Pranay Bhargava, CEO at Embuer Health decided to manufacture India’s first multi-purpose napkins. Not only did his expertise unlock unexplored avenues in the country but he also ventured into the import of nonwoven fabrics from Canada, USA and Europe by 1996. Furturemore, in a new study, titled “Global Medical Nonwoven Disposables Market (Product Type, and Geography) - Global Industry Analysis, Market Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast, 2014 – 2020,”published by Allied Market Research the demand for less invasive as well as robot assisted surgeries is likely to drive the nonwoven medical disposables market.

Over the years, an additional growth in the medical nonwoven disposables industry has been felt in the developing global economies, where the aforesaid industry combats a constant retread not only in the wellness and healthcare but also the demands of the technology and capability to invest in a higher level home or hospital care. The global markets observing a great boom in the consumption of nonwovens for surgical advancements is majorly associated with natural aperture and non- invasive practices and include countries such as United States, Japan, Canada, China, Mexico, Italy and France among several other nations.

To top it all, in healthcare and wellness sector the nonwovens are in great demand for products that are manufactured to offer protection between patients as well as themselves and protection between the patients and the caregiver. The growing concerns related to the spread of deadly infections – irrespective of whether HAS’s or SISs drives the demand for the nonwoven disposables. Undoubtedly Asia-Pacific is a rapidly growing region when it comes to the usage of the nonwovens. Country such as China is specifically, in the middle of remodelling its healthcare approach backed by the country’s ebullient economy. Several statistics reveal that over 50 percent of the United States income comes from various European countries or China. Speaking of the opportunities for the material advancement, technologies like nanotechnology, Arium technology by Polymer Group Inc. and use of plasma would result in a highly finished product.

Surprisingly depending on the inputs from noted nonwoven suppliers fluctuating costs of the raw materials, LCA, patient laws and FDA threats has been challenging the growth of the nonwoven medical disposable supply for some time now. But despite all these, industry experts predicts that in the near future, cutting-edge manufacturing technology, conversion as well as usage of the nonwoven disposables not only in the hospitals but also in the home care market would contributed to the growth of the medical nonwoven disposables. 

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