ABSTRACT
Inside of the Operating Room (OR), thermal comfort of medical clothing apparel is a very important parameter, since the lack of comfort can lead to thermal stress that influence the physic and psychological conditions of the surgeon, as the ability to maintain constant vigilance and concentration, which the correct surgical procedure is dependent (Hohenstein 2011, Abreu et al. 2015). Thermal comfort of the user depends on thermal properties and its adjustment to the environmental conditions in
1 INTRODUCTION
In the present day, society expect much more from clothing than just to satisfy their basic needs (Das and Alagirusamy 2010). Textile Clothes are used as protective equipments for the body and they can protect the user in many different working areas. The healthcare sector uses several protective equipments and most of them are from textiles. Over the last years, a new range of materials and clothes to protect medical professionals and patients has emerging, improving the performance of medical clothing. The use of nonwoven based single-use materials like SMS (spundbond/meltblown/spundbond) ou spunlace that present a good resistance to liquid penetration, bursting and tensile strength or the common use of reusable laminated textile structures that offer good resistance to microorganisms and bacteria with bioactive or antimicrobianic properties, making the clothing system a complete barrier to both professional and patient (Anand et al. 2006).
