Light-activated antimicrobial and antiviral materials

Abstract

A substrate such as a woven or nonwoven fabric bound with a light-activated dye alone or in combination with additional conventional antimicrobial agents. The substrate is impregnated with a light-activated non-leachable dye having antimicrobial and/or antiviral characteristics which can be imparted to the substrate. The dye is bound by a cationic or anionic binder such as a water soluble polymer or carrageenan. Upon exposure to normal light, the dye generates singlet oxygen that kills microorganisms and viruses.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Non-woven fabrics are used in the manufacture of products such as washing and wiping cloths, diapers, sanitary napkin covers, hospital gowns, surgical drapes, sheets, pillow cases, curtains, backing material for garments, table cloths, bed spreads, sponges, underpads, etc. For these products and products such as sheets, pillow cases, hospital gowns and surgical drapes in particular, it is highly desirable to render the non-woven textiles or other non-woven type materials antimicrobial and/or antiviral. Indeed, the passage of liquid through surgical drapes, which are used during surgical procedures to isolate the patient from the operating room personnel and environment, is one source of bacterial contamination to the patient.

Similarly, rendering woven fabrics and fleece antimicrobial or antiviral is also advantageous.

Conventionally, harsh chemicals are required to provide antimicrobial effects. For example, a normal disinfectant solution of 0.15% to 2% glutaraldehyde is required to kill microorganisms and viruses on surfaces being cleaned, and the exposure time required is from 3 to 18 hours. Glutaraldehyde is corrosive, is a sensitizer and harmful if inhaled, absorbed through the skin or swallowed. Indeed, the OSHA personal exposure limit to glutaraldehyde is 0.2 ppm. Similarly, although chlorinated water disinfecting solutions such as sodium hypochlorite and chlorinated H.sub.2 O kill most microorganisms and some viruses including HIV in seconds to minutes, depending upon the concentration, the activity of chlorinated water is reduced by organic material and some metallic catalysts. Hydrogen peroxide solutions kill, but have no long term effect; they are quickly inactivated by organic materials with which they react. Iodine in high concentration in solution will kill most microorganisms and some viruses, however, it has an irritating odor and residue except with Iodophors. Alcohols are the most effective and frequently used agents for sterilization and disinfection, but are flammable in concentrations required for effectiveness. Phenols are frequently used with halogens and detergents as a general disinfectant for toilets, stables, cesspools, floors, drains, and other surfaces, but they are harmful to tissues in high concentration and they have a disagreeable odor. Detergents in combinations with quaternary ammonium compounds are widely used to kill bacteria in hospitals, restaurants, and in food processing plants, however, they may not kill some viruses and their effectiveness is reduced by hard water and fibrous materials. Heavy metals are used to kill some bacteria and viruses, but they are ineffective against tuberculosis and are inactivated by organic compounds. Although boiling kills microorganisms, it is not practical for many objects that must remain dry or cannot handle the high temperature for the 15 to 20 minutes required to kill microorganisms.

Light-activated dyes are known to exhibit antimicrobial activity in water. However, they are not necessarily effective in the dry state or when bound in a polymeric system. For surgical drape applications in particular, the cellulosic material and other additives necessary for a fenestration place demands on the binder. A satisfactory product must have a dye bound to a cellulosic non-woven material lightly enough to be effective, yet tightly enough to avoid excessive leaching. More specifically, the light-activated dye must be incorporated into the substrate such that it retains its light-activatable property yet does not leach significantly therefrom.

The prior art includes disclosures of nonwoven materials rendered antimicrobial. For example, European Patent Application 0 136 900 discloses a nonwoven fabric having antimicrobial properties suitable for use as a surgical drape. The surgical drape is made with a cellulose-containing, nonwoven fabric that is bonded with a binding agent which contains little or no anionic surfactant or is made with a nonionic surfactant, such as a copolymer of ethylene and vinyl acetate, and polyhexamethylene biguanide salt as the antimicrobial.

Similarly, U.S. Pat. No. 5,069,907 discloses a surgical drape comprising a synthetic polymeric film such as polyethylene or polyurethane, and an antimicrobial agent such as 5-chloro-2-(2,4-dichlorophenoxy)phenol incorporated throughout the film. Also disclosed are surgical drapes comprising fabric forming material to which the antimicrobial agent is directly added prior to forming the material into a drape.

U.S. Pat. No. 4,643,181 discloses surgical dressings and incise drapes having an adhesive surface, the adhesive containing a salt of polyhexamethylene biguanide as an antimicrobial agent.

U.S. Pat. No. 4,721,511 discloses a leach resistant antimicrobial fabric, wherein the antimicrobial agent is a silane quaternary amine such as 3-(trimethoxysilyl)-propyloctadecyldimethyl ammonium chloride.

However, the prior art does not disclose a substrate having bound to it a light-activatable dye to obtain antimicrobial and/or antiviral effects. It is therefore an object of this invention to provide such as substrate.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The problem of the prior art have been overcome by the present invention, which provides a substrate bound with a light-activated dye alone or in combination with additional conventional antimicrobial and/or antiviral agents. The substrate includes woven and nonwoven fabrics that are then impregnated with a light-activated non-leachable dye having antimicrobial and/or antiviral characteristics which can be imparted to the substrate. The dye is bound to the substrate by a cationic or anionic water soluble polymer. Upon exposure to normal light, the dyes used in the present invention generate singlet oxygen that kills microorganisms and viruses.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING

FIG. 1 is a graph showing the antimicrobial activity of a non-woven fabric impregnated with Rose Bengal in accordance with the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The preferred substrates for use in the present invention are non-woven fabrics which utilize as the fibrous base such fibers as polyester, polyethylene, polypropylene, rayon, acrylics, blends of these synthetics or blends or these synthetics with natural fibers such as cellulose. Preferably the fabric contains some amount of cellulosic fiber, either in the form of regenerated cellulose such as rayon, cotton fibers or woodpulp fibers. One suitable material is an airlaid fabric manufactured by WALKISOFT USA and known as WALKISOFT grade FG400WR, which is composed on non-elemental chlorine bleached virgin wood pulp fibers bonded with a latex binder which comprises approximately 24.5% of the total weight of the substrate. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the substrate is a non-woven fenestration material that is conventionally applied to a patient surrounding the portion of the body where a surgical incision is to be made.

Other suitable substrates include woven fabrics, paper, film and fleece.

Suitable dyes for use in the present invention can be categorized into two groups, namely, anionic dyes and cationic dyes. Although the present inventors should not be limited thereto, they believe that certain dyes within these groups exhibit light-activatable antimicrobial and/or antiviral activity by a mechanism which involves interaction with and transferring energy to oxygen so as to provide a source of an active or excited oxygen species known as singlet oxygen. Singlet oxygen is an activated form of the usual triplet state molecular oxygen. It is much more reactive with organic molecules than is triplet oxygen, since the singlet spin state matches that of the organic substances. It is sufficiently stable in water (half life of several microseconds) that is can diffuse somewhat from its point of origin. It is known to be bacteriocidal. Anionic dyes that are capable of providing a source of singlet oxygen in accordance with the present invention include fluorescein derivatives, preferably the alkali metal salts of Rose Bengal, 4,5,6,7-tetrachloro-2',5',7'-tetraiodo fluorescein sodium or potassium (hereinafter, reference to Rose Bengal means an alkali metal salt thereof). Suitable cationic dyes include 3-amino-7-(dimethylamino)-2-methylphenothiazin-5-ium chloride (also known as Tolonium chloride or Toluidine Blue O), Thionin and Methylene Blue. The dyes may be used alone or in combination. The dyes are used in an antimicrobial and/or antiviral effective amount, and are generally effective at very low levels, such as concentrations as low as 0.1 micromolar. In general, dye concentrations on the order of 1-100 micromolar, preferably 1-50 micromolar, are desirable to provide the desired rapidity of viral decontamination without leaving unwanted quantities of residual dye on the treated material. Some dyes exhibit antiviral activity at concentrations less than 1 micromolar and ambient light, that is significantly less than 200 foot candles. Where rapid destruction of viral contamination (at least four powers of ten reduction) is desired, it is preferable to use dye concentrations on the order of 1-50 micromolar in conjunction with light intensity on the order of 1,000 to 2,000 or more foot candles at the surface of the aqueous solution containing the dye. (For surgical drape applications, surgical field lighting is generally in the range of about 2000 foot candles).

One or more of the foregoing dyes is effective against one or more of the following bacteria: Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeroginose, Enterobacter cloacae, Staphylococcus aureus, Enterococcus faecalis, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Salmonella typhimurium, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Serratia marcescens, Mycobacterium bovis (TB), methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Proteus vulgaris.

In addition, the foregoing dyes are effective against viruses, particularly enveloped viruses, such as Herpes, HIV, and viruses associated with the common cold.

Suitable binders for use in the present invention include cationic and anionic water soluble polymers. Preferably, a cationic binder is used with an anionic dye, and an anionic binder is used with a cationic dye. A preferred cationic binder is a prepolymer derived from a polyether based hydrophilic polyurethane, available commercially from Hampshire Chemical Corp. as "DARATHANE.RTM. WB-4000". DARATHANE.RTM. WB-4000 is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,421,826 (the disclosure of which is herein incorporated by reference), and is a water solution (dispersion) of a blocked polyurethane prepolymer that forms a tough continuous film on curing that has excellent gloss and is resistant to attack by organic solvents. The films are hydrophilic and retains a cationic charge. The polyurethane is chain extended to facilitate curing and impart a cationic charge to the molecule, and is further treated to stabilize it and impart water dispersibility. Other suitable binders for anionic dyes include cationic resins, such as polyquaternary amine chloride (sold commercially as NALKAT 7607 by Nalco Chemical), cationic polyamine sold commercially as CYPRO 516 by Cytec Industry, and cationic polyelectrolyte sold commercially as PERCOL 402 by Allied Colloid. Suitable anionic binders for cationic dyes include carrageenan, which is a hydrocolloid extracted from red seaweed (available commercially from FMC under the trademark Viscarin.RTM.), sodium alginate and sodium carboxymethylcellulose.

Preferably the dye to binder ratio ranges from about 0.008 to about 0.016 solids on solids. Ratios higher than about 0.016 tend to result in dye leaching. Too little dye results in poor antimicrobial and/or antiviral kill. The lowest level of Rose Bengal dye treatment on a nonwoven to give high percent kill rates is 0.0012% solids on solids. Toluidine Blue O is very active in killing bacteria at 0.002% under both surgical illumination (2000 fc) and room lighting (200 fc). The particular dye to binder ratio used may also depend upon other factors, such as the presence of a wetting agent.

The choice of which dye to use will depend upon the particular application. For example, Toluidine Blue O is much more effective in killing Klebsiella pneumoniae and Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus than is Rose Bengal. Also, Rose Bengal is not as effective in the presence of blood, apparently since blood absorbs light in the region of the visible spectrum where Rose Bengal absorbs light. Methylene Blue has a better kill rate against various viruses in the presence of blood than does Toluidine Blue O and Thionin, apparently because less of the light that excites Methylene Blue is absorbed by blood than for the other dyes.

The choice of which binder to use will depend on the particular application, as well as the dye chosen. For example, carrageenan, an anionic polysaccharide hydrocolloid extracted from red seaweed, is a better hydrophilic binder for Toluidine Blue O than the cationic WE4000 polymer. However, Ross Bengal is not bound by carrageenan, since both are anionic.

Other ingredients can be added, as long as they are not deleterious to the antimicrobial and/or antiviral activity of the dye. For example, a wetting agent such as Lexaine C or Mazeen C-15 can be bound with the binder to enhance the activity of Toluidine Blue O against Klebsiella pneumoniae.

The antimicrobial and antiviral substrates of the invention can be prepared by placing the substrates in a treatment solution containing the antimicrobial or antiviral agent and the binder. The treatment solution is prepared by mixing a suitable amount of the dye with water, to which a binder solution is added. The material to be treated is then placed in a shallow bath of the treatment solution until it is thoroughly wet (about 5 to 15 seconds or less). The saturated material is then removed from the bath and passed between two squeeze rollers (usually chrome plated steel rolls) having a squeeze roll gap or nip of 0.005 to 0.006 inches. The rollers are turned by hand with a hand crank so that when a shorter edge of the thoroughly soaked material is placed on the bottom roller, the material is pulled between the nip made by the two rolls. The action of the nip on the material squeezes out excess treatment solution leaving about 150% to 160% of the original weight of the material as treatment solution on the material. (This is normally referred to as 150% to 160% wet add on. The amount of wet add on (%) is determined by subtracting the dry weight of the material before it is treated from the wet weight of the material after it is placed through the squeeze rolls, and dividing the result by the original dry weight and multiplying by 100.) If the wet add on is not within the desired range for the treatment, the sample is discarded. The squeeze roll gap can be adjusted smaller or larger to obtain lesser or greater amounts of treatment add on. After the right amount of wet add on is achieved, the wet sample is placed in a forced hot air oven for 90 seconds at 300.degree. F. to dry. After removal from the oven the sample is ready for testing, which may require conditioning at 50% relative humidity and 72.degree. F. for four (4) hours.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the amount of light exposure effective for causing the antimicrobial and antiviral effects of the present invention will depend upon the particular bacteria or virus involved, and the amount of desired kill. Normal room light, such as fluorescent cool light (approximately 150-200 foot candles) is generally sufficient. Bacteria and viruses more sensitive to the singlet oxygen generated by the light-activated dye require less light. Typical surgical room illumination of about 2000 foot candles is more than sufficient.

Turning now to FIG. 1, hand sheets of Merfin 60850 non-woven at 85 grams per square meter were saturated at 150% wet pickup with the following formula: deionized water 316 grams, DATATHANE.RTM. WB4000 binder 4 grams, and Rose Bengal 0.01 grams. After saturating with this formula, the wet hand sheets were dried for 90 seconds at 300.degree. F. in an air circulating laboratory oven. Test swatches of this treated non-woven were tested for microbiological kill by inoculating the swatches with a known concentration of Staphylococcus aureus bacteria and then exposing the swatches to light (2000 foot candles) or dark for given periods of time. After exposure for the required time, the number of live bacteria remaining on the test swatches was determined .The log of the remaining live bacteria versus the exposure time to light (2000 foot candles) or dark (no light) is plotted in FIG. 1. It is clear from this graph that the test swatches of the non-woven treated with Rose Bengal show significant reductions in the Staphylococcus aureus bacteria when exposed to light of 2000 foot candle intensity. The longer the exposure to light, the fewer live bacteria recovered from the test swatches. In the absence of light, essentially all of the bacteria are recovered from the test swatches.

In the Examples that follow, the following test protocol was used unless otherwise specified.

All microbial strains were obtained from American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) in Rockville, Md. A seed culture was grown up, diluted appropriately, and used to inoculate six swatches of each material to be tested. Two of the swatches were immediately run through the recovery procedures to serve as zero time controls. Two more swatches were kept in the dark, while the last two swatches were illuminated for the specified times, following which all four were run through the recovery procedure. After a suitable incubation, bacterial colonies were counted, and log reduction and percent kill calculated.

For inoculum preparation, the test organism was transferred into 50 ml of sterile tryptic soy broth in a 250 ml baffled Erlenmeyer flask and incubated at 30.degree. C. for 18 hours with shaking. Turbidity was measured and compared with a previously prepared calibration curve so that an appropriate aliquot could be used to make 10 ml of an inoculum containing 1.times.10.sup.5 colony forming units/ml. Each test swatch was inoculated with 560 .mu.l of this bacterial suspension in phosphate buffered saline. The inoculum was also serially diluted and plated.

The test swatches used were cut aseptically into 1.5 inch squares and placed into sterile 60 mm Petri dishes. As a control, the bacterial recovery was occasionally performed without any added inoculum, with the finding that is was very uncommon to detect any bacteria even when the recovery fluid was plated directly.

Four swatches of each material were inoculated, half being placed under the light source and the other plate being wrapped in aluminum foil to keep them dark. The light source was a 500 watt photoflood lamp with reflector (photoflood lamp ECT, 3200K with 10-12" reflector) set 15 inches above a bench top in a 4.degree. C. cold room. A 9" square Pyrex baking dish filled with cold water was interposed between the lamp and the samples to absorb heat and any ultraviolet irradiation. Samples were illuminated for a defined period of time, generally one hour unless otherwise noted below. While the samples were being illuminated, the last two swatches were inoculated and immediately started through the recovery procedure in order to find the bacterial count at zero time.

For the recovery procedure, samples were aseptically transferred into a sterilized 125.times.20 mm capped tube containing about a dozen 3 mm glass beads and 5 ml of sterile phosphate buffered saline. The cap was sealed and the tube shaken vigorously for one minute and then placed in a low intensity ultrasonic cleaning bath (Branson model 3200 ) for 30 seconds. Serial tenfold dilutions were prepared from recovery fluid and each dilution was plated in duplicate with tempered tryptic soy agar in 60 mm plastic Petri plates. One ml of the recovery fluid was also plated directly (in duplicate) in a 100 mm Petri plate. Plates were incubated at 30.degree. C. for one to two days until countable.

The zero time counts recovered from the swatches were compared with the inoculum count. All of the zero time contents were combined by averaging their base 10 logarithms to obtain and average log zero time reading. The four counts for each test condition (duplicate platings for each of the pair of samples) were also combined by averaging the base 10 logarithms of the bacterial counts. A logarithmic scale of killing efficiency, log reduction, was calculated as the difference between the sample and average zero time logarithms. Percent kill was calculated as 100.degree. (1-10.sup.(log reduction)).

In the Tables that follow, the following abbreviations have the meaning indicated:

DI WAT--deionized water Elvanol--8% solution of DuPont's Elvanol.RTM. 71-30 (a medium viscosity, fully hydrolyzed grade of polyvinyl alcohol EPS--Union Carbide's UCARSIL.RTM. EPS silicone hydrophilic finish BLUE GPN--BASF Corp., Calcotone Blue GPN Paste Pigment Violet R--Ciba-Geigy Corp. Unisperse Violet R RW-767-P Pigment Yellow 26--Diarylide Yellow Pigment from Huls American Inc., Stabiloid 833-2826 IPA--isopropyl alcohol WB4000--Hampshire Chemical Corp. DARATHANE.RTM. WB-4000 blocked waterborne polyurethane prepolymer

EXAMPLE 1

This example confirms the antimicrobial effects of Rosa Bengal when bound to a substrate.

Fort Howard grade X-173 at 85 gsm (grams per square meter) air laid nonwoven that contains 100% cellulosic fiber with 20 to 30% acrylic latex binder was saturated at 150% wet pick-up with each of the formulas listed in Tables 1 and 2 below. After saturating, the wet hand sheets were dried for 90 seconds at 300.degree. F. in an air circulating laboratory oven. After one hour exposure to light at 2000 foot candles intensity (equivalent to the light intensity for a hospital surgical field illumination), the Rose Bengal treated samples killed 99% of the microorganism Staphylococcus aureus. Swatches of the treated samples were washed in deionized water to check for leaching. Only the samples in which Darathane.RTM. WB4000 was used as the binding system showed no leaching. The results are shown in Table 3.

EXAMPLE 2

Bezman et al., "Photodynamic Inactivation of E. coli by Rose Bengal Immobilized on Polystyrene Beads", Photochemistry and Photobiology, 28, 325-329 (1978) purport to show that Rose Bengal immobilized on polystyrene beads is quite active at killing E. coli. As they note on page 327 of their publication, this result is at odds with earlier studies on photoinactivation.

This Example demonstrates that Rose Bengal beads are ineffective in producing antimicrobial results.

Rose Bengal which is covalently bound to a polystyrene support was obtained from Polysciences, Inc., 400 Valley Road, Warrington, Pa. 19876 (catalog #09789). The manufacturer confirmed that this material is at least 3% by weight Rose Bengal.

The activity of 60 mg of Polysciences, Inc. Rose Bengal beads was compared to drape samples containing either Rose Bengal or Toluidine Blue-O (Tables 46-48 and 50) using the standard procedure and spreading the beads into a monolayer in place of the test swatch. The beads gave only a slight reduction in counts (0.7 log units) whereas the drape samples reduced the bacterial counts greater than 3 log units, i.e., the drapes were more than 1000-fold more active than the beads. The amount of Rose Bengal present in the 60 mg of beads was at least 2 mg, whereas the drape samples contained only 2 .mu.g. Thus, the immobilized Rose Bengal exhibited only 1/1,000,000 the activity of the Rose Bengal in the present invention.

EXAMPLE 3

This experiment demonstrates the effect of different dye-to-binder ratios on the microbial kill.

Hand sheets of Merfin 60850 nonwoven at 85 gsm were saturated at 150% wet pick-up with the formulas set forth in Tables 4-6. After saturating, the wet hand sheets were dried for 90 seconds at 300.degree. F. in an air circulating laboratory oven. The final composition of the treated nonwovens is shown in Table 7. Samples were tested for physical properties and microbiological kill properties. The results are shown in Table 8. The % kill for the nonwoven in experiment 3057-44-1 is excellent, with over 99.99% of the Staphylococcus aureus bacteria killed upon exposure to 2000 fc illumination for one hour. This was accomplished with only 0.0012% Rose Bengal light activated antimicrobial on the nonwoven. When the level of light activated antimicrobial on the nonwoven remains constant but the antimicrobial dye to binder ratio is decreased, the % kill drops off in value. When higher amounts of binder are used to bind the dye to the nonwoven, lower kill values can be expected.

EXAMPLE 4

Walkisoft nonwoven material was saturated as a continuous web on a pilot line saturator with the formulas set forth in Tables 9-16 at 150% wet pick-up and oven dried at 275.degree. F. to 300.degree. F. at 7 feet per minute. The final composition of the treated nonwovens is shown in Table 17, and the antimicrobial effects are shown in Tables 18-20.

All of the samples killed greater than 99% of the Staphylococcus aureus bacteria in one hour after exposure to 2000 fc light. Some of the samples not exposed to light showed antimicrobial activity; these samples had no binder, which allowed the light activated dye to leach out into the microbial solution during the recovery procedure. Since the recovery procedure is conducted in the presence of light, the dye is photoactivated and kills some of the bacteria. The Rose Bengal treated samples did not show any significant activity against Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteria, however, the Toluidine Blue O samples were able to kill greater than 99% of the Kp bacteria in 24 hours. There was insufficient room light or leachate from the "no light" samples to kill any of the Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteria during the recovery procedure (Table 20).

Two of the samples (Table 18) were tested under room light against Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). The Toluidine Blue O treated sample had a significant (80%) kill after 30 minutes under room lighting conditions and a very significant kill (99.8%) after 60 minutes. The Rose Bengal treated nonwoven die not have any significant kill (60%) even after one hour under room lights. When the samples were challenged with MRSA under bright light, all the samples had very significant kill rates after 60 minutes exposure (Table 19). There was evidence of Rose Bengal leaching when no binder was used, as seen by the antimicrobial activity in the "No Light" samples that get enough light in the recovery process to become active in killing MRSA. Also, the control sample which is not treated with any light activated dye shows antimicrobial activity if it is not washed before testing. This may be caused by the catalyst for the nonwoven binder, oxalic acid, which is also considered an antimicrobial.

EXAMPLE 5

To 598.7 grams of deionized water was added with mixing 9.4 grams of a 0.1% solution of Toluidine Blue O (TBO). To this mixture was added 91.9 grams of a 0.5% solution of Viscarin.RTM. SD398, a carrageenan from FMC. This order of addition must be followed or the TBO will precipitate out of solution if the carrageenan is added before the TBO. Hand sheets of Walkisoft WA-1 nonwoven at 85 gsm were saturated at 150% wet pick-up with the formula in Table 21. After saturating, the web hand sheets were dried for 90 seconds at 300.degree. F. in an air circulating laboratory oven. The final composition of the dried nonwoven is shown in Table 22. The binding power of the Viscarin.RTM. for the dye was measured by placing a one gram sample of the treated nonwoven in a 4 ounce glass jar with 50 grams of deionized water. The jar with the lid on was shaken for 30 seconds by hand. There was a slight amount of foam on the top of the water but there was no visual indication of any blue color in the water that would indicate leaching.

Colorfastness to Crocking (AATCC Test Method 8-1989) was measured at 4.5 on the Gray Scale for Staining using 1 normal saline to wet the test cloth before running the test on the treated nonwoven. This means that very little color was transferred to the test cloth as a result of the crocking test. The absorbency of the treated nonwoven was measured by placing one drop of deionized water on the dry, treated nonwoven and measuring the amount of time it takes for the drop to completely soak into the nonwoven. The drop was absorbed instantly into the nonwoven. All of the testing on this treated nonwoven indicates that it is superior to the treated nonwovens where WB4000 was used as the binder for the dye. An important advantage of the use of Viscarin.RTM. as the binder is that addition to the binder system of a wetting agent is not necessary for applications where good absorbency is required. Wetting agents can cause leaching of the dye and poorer crocking tests results.

EXAMPLE 6

To 597 grams of deionized water was added with mixing 11.4 grams of a 0.092% solution of Rose Bengal. To this mixture was added 91.6 grams of a 0.5% solution of Nalkat 7607, a polyquaternary amine chloride. This order of addition must be followed or the Rose Bengal will precipitate out of solution if the polyamine is added before the Rose Bengal. Hand sheets of Walkisoft WA-1 nonwoven at 85 gsm were saturated at 160% wet pick-up with the formulas in Tables 23-28. After saturating, the wet hand sheets were dried for 90 seconds at 300.degree. F. in an air circulating laboratory oven. The final composition of the dried nonwovens are shown in Table 29. The binding power of the polyamine for the dye was measured by placing a one gram sample of the treated nonwoven in a 4 ounce glass jar with 50 grams of deionized water. The jar with the lid on was shaken for 30 seconds by hand. There was a slight amount of foam on the top of the water but there was no visual indication of any pink color in the water that would indicate leaching, except for sample 3046-96-4 which had a very slight pink color. When the level of the polyamine is too low, the saturating bath becomes unstable and the dye precipitates out of solution. Saturant 3046-96-5 was unstable because of the low polyamine level used in the formulation. The absorbency of the treated nonwoven was measured by placing one drop of deionized water on the dry, treated nonwoven and by measuring the amount of time it takes for the drop to completely soak into the nonwoven. Sample 3046-96-1 took 30 seconds for a drop of water to be absorbed, 3046-96-2 took 20 seconds, as did sample 3046-96-3, and sample 3046-96-4 took 6 seconds. Even 6 seconds is too long for most absorbent applications without the addition of a wetting agent in the treatment to improve absorbency. Most of the testing on this treated nonwoven indicates that it may be superior to the treated nonwovens where WB4000 was used as the binder for the dye. Thus, polyamine binder systems can be used for anionic light-activated antimicrobial dye systems. A wetting agent may be needed depending upon the water absorbency characteristics of the binder system.

EXAMPLE 7

Hand sheets of Fort Howard X-173 and Merfin grade 60850 nonwovens at 85 gsm were saturated at 140% wet pick-up with the formulas in Tables 31-34. After saturating, the wet hand sheets were dried for 90 seconds at 300.degree. F. in an air circulating laboratory oven. The final composition of the treated nonwovens is shown in Table 35.

The TBO treated nonwoven was very effective against all bacteria tested: Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Enterobacter cloacae, Staphylococcus aureus, Enterococcus faecalis, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Salmonella typhimurium, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Serratia marcescens, and Proteus vulgaris, almost all cases killing greater than 99% of the bacteria in one hour. See Tables 36 through 45. There was good recovery of all the bacteria at time "0" which means that the treated nonwoven is not immediately toxic to bacteria. The treated nonwoven also did not show significant kill against the bacteria in the dark which also indicates that (1) light is needed to activate the antimicrobial properties of the TBO treatment, and (2) the treated nonwoven is not toxic to the bacteria.

The TBO treated samples (1815-95-2& 4) were tested for leaching of the dye. One gram of treated nonwoven was placed in 200 ml of deionized water and allowed to soak overnight. There was no detectable leaching of the dye. The same test was repeated with phosphate buffered saline. Using a visible spectrophotometer, 1.3 ppm leaching from sample 1815-95-2 was measured, and 3.3 ppm leaching from sample 1815-95-4 was measured. This represents 6.8% and 17.4%, respectively, of the amount of dye present in one gram of treated nonwoven. These leachings numbers indicate that the combination of binder and wetting agent are not good enough in holding the dye on the treated nonwoven.

EXAMPLE 8

A pilot saturator was set up with a deep pan saturator in line with a pilot equipment oven. The pan was filled with about 9100 grams of buffer solution having a pH of 7.126 before saturating the nonwoven. Walkisoft J80 nonwoven was saturated at 150% wet pick up (0.006 mils gap setting on the squeeze rolls) at 6 feet per minute and dried in the pilot oven at 275.degree. F. to 300.degree. F. The excess buffer solution is squeezed out by squeeze rolls and flows back into the saturator pan. After saturating 50 yards of material one foot wide, the saturating was stopped. The pH of the remaining buffer solution in the pan was almost the same as the starting pH (final pH of 6.975). The buffered and dried nonwoven was resaturated and rinsed with deionized water and dried in the oven while allowing deionized water to flow into the pan and out through a drain in the bottom of the pan. This process was repeated a second time in order to rinse out any excess buffer remaining in the nonwoven. Five gallons of deionized water was used for each rinse pass. The pan was then filled with 7000 grams of saturant (Tables 46 and 47). The buffered and rinsed nonwoven (sample 3046-76) was saturated at 150% wet pick up and dried in the pilot oven at 275.degree. F. to 300.degree. F. at 6 feet per minute. The final composition of the treated nonwovens is shown in Table 48.

The Rose Bengal and TBO treated nonwoven samples each killed 99.95% of the Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus after one hour exposure to intense light. Both control samples, washed and unwashed nonwoven, barely showed any kill in light or dark (see Table 50). Only the TBO treated sample killed any Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteria with an 84% kill.

Samples of the treated and untreated nonwovens having the composition shown in Table 48 were loaded with HIV-1 in accordance with the following procedure.

VIRUS

The HTLV-IIIB strain of HIV-1 is propagated in the human T-lymphocyte cell line, H9 (Popovic, M. et al., Science 224:497-500, 1984). The virus inoculum consisted of supernatant fluids from H9-IIIB producer cultures.

CELLS AND MEDIA

The cells used for routine screening were the MT-2 (Harada et al., Science 229:563-566 (1985) and CEM (Nara and Fischinger, Nature 332:469-470 (1988) cell lines. Cells were grown in RPMI 1640 medium supplemented with 20% (v/v) fetal calf serum (H9 cells) or 10% fetal calf serum (MT-2 and CEM cells). The medium also contained 100 units/ml penicillin, 100 mcg/ml streptomycin, and 25 nM HEPES buffer. The medium used for dilution of drugs and maintenance of cultures during the assay was the same as the above 10% serum. Cultures were maintained in disposable tissue culture labware at 37.degree. C. in a humidified atmosphere at 5% CO.sub.2 in air.

REAGENTS FOR COLORIMETRIC ASSAY

MTT is a tetrazolium dye that is taken up and metabolized by live cells. The cells were subsequently lysed and the dye was released into the medium. The samples were then read on a microplate reader.

PROTOCOL FOR ANTIVIRAL ASSAY

Drug Dilution and Addition to Plates

1. Drugs were dissolved in DMSO at 40 mg/ml or in sterile deionized water at 2 mg/ml, unless otherwise specified. 2. Drug dilutions were made in medium. Drugs in DMSO were initially diluted 1/200; drugs in water were diluted 1/10. Subsequent dilutions were made in log of 0.5 log series. The first screen on a drug was usually performed in log dilutions. 3. Each dilution was added to plates in the amount of 100 .mu.l/well. Drugs were tested in triplicate wells per dilution with infected cells, and in duplicate wells per dilution with uninfected cells for evaluation of cytotoxicity. 4. After addition of cells to plates, the high drug concentration was 100 .mu.l/ml. The high DMSO concentration was 0.25%.

II. Infection and Distribution of Cells to Microtiter Plates

1. A viable cell count (trypan blue) was performed on the cells to be used. 2. The desired total number of polybrene treated cells was placed in a 50 ml conical centrifuge tube (sterile, disposable), and virus was added to give a MCI of 0.03 TCID.sub.50 /cell on MT-2 cells and approximately 0.12 TCID.sub.50 /cell on CEM cells. Fresh medium was added to adjust the cell density to 1.times.10.sup.5 cells/ml, and the virus-cell suspension was incubated at 37.degree. C. for 1-2 hours until ready for plating. 3. Uninfected cells were prepared in the same manner but without addition of virus. 4. Cell pellets were collected by low speed centrifugration and supernates were discarded. 5. Infected and uninfected cells were resuspended in appropriate volume of medium and added to plates in the amount of 100 .mu.l/well to give a starting cell number of 1 a 10.sup.4 cells/well. 6. Plates are incubated for 7 days in a humidified atmosphere at 5% CO.sub.2 in air.

III. Quantitation of Viral Cytopathic Effect and Drug Activity

On day 7 post-infection the viable cells were measured with a tetrazolium salt, MTT (450 micrograms per ml) added to the test plates. A solution of 10% SDS in 0.01 normal HCl was used to dissolve the MTT formazan produced. The optical density value is a function of the amount of formazan produced which is proportional to the number of viable cells. Plates were read at a wave-length of 570 nm on a V.sub.max plate reader (Molecular Devices). The percent inhibition or viral cytopathic effect (CPE) per drug concentration was measured as test over control and expressed in percent.

The virus loaded samples were evaluated for viable organisms after 6, 20 and 60 minute exposure in the dark, and after exposure to light (2000 foot candles) (Table 49). After six minutes in the dark, none of the samples show any kill of the HIV-1, however, after six minutes in the light, the light activated dye treated samples (Rose Bengal and TBO) kill 99% or more virus (Table 49). The untreated control shows only a 50% kill of virus in the light after six minutes. This is clear evidence that the TBO and Rose Bengal treated nonwovens exhibit light activated virucidal efficacy. The fact that there is little difference between the samples in the dark and the samples in the light after 60 minutes indicates that the inherent virucidal activity of the untreated nonwoven is still present although the rate of viral kill is slower for the untreated nonwoven.

Because of the high kill of the control sample in Table 49, the study was repeated comparing HIV-1 virus suspended in phosphate buffered saline (PBS) to HIV-1 virus suspended in whole human blood (Table 51). Again the control sample showed high kill rates in the dark and in the light at 20 and 60 minutes contact with the sample when the HIV-1 virus was suspended in PBS. When the HIV-1 virus is suspended in while human blood, the control sample (3046-76) shows little or no activity against the virus. The Rose Bengal treated sample (3046-77-2) also shows little or no more activity than the control sample when exposed to HIV-1 suspended in whole human blood. In contrast, the Toluidine Blue-O treated sample (3046-77-1) showed essentially no activity in the dark and high kill rates when exposed to light for 20 and 60 minutes. The difference between the Rose Bengal and Toluidine Blue-O against HIV-1 suspended in blood is attributed to the fact that blood absorbs light in the region of the visible spectrum where Rose Bengal absorbs light, and Toluidine Blue-O absorbs light beyond the range where blood absorbs light. Therefore, Toluidine Blue-O is active in the presence of blood.

EXAMPLE 9

Hand sheets of Walkisoft WA-2 nonwoven at 85 gsm were saturated at 150% wet pick-up with the formulas in Tables 52-62. After saturating, the wet hand sheets were dried for 90 seconds at 300.degree. F. in an air circulating laboratory oven. Samples were evaluated for crocking and leaching and for virucidal kill properties. The final composition of the treated nonwovens is shown in Table 63.

The binding power of the Viscarin.RTM. for the dye was measured by placing a one gram sample of the treated nonwoven in a 4 ounce glass jar with 50 grams of deionized water. The jar with the lid on was shaken for 30 seconds by hand. There was no visual indication of any blue color in the water for the highest TBO or Methylene Blue dye with the highest level of binder, Viscarin.RTM., evaluated, as shown in Table 64. Thus, the binder system is working well in holding the dyes onto the cellulose fiber in the nonwoven.

Colorfastness to Crocking (AATCC Test Method 8-1989) was measured on the Gray Scale for Staining using 1 normal saline to wet the test cloth before running the test on the treated nonwoven. The minimum value acceptable for this test is 2.3 and the target is 3.8 or higher. No color transfer to the test cloth is rated at 5.0, the highest possible rating for this test. Samples 3057-30-(1A, 1B, 1C, 3A, 3B, and 3C) containing either TBO or MB were rated at 4.5 on the Gray Scale (See Table 64). This means that very little color transferred to the test cloth as a result of the crocking test. With the higher level of binder, Viscarin.RTM., and the higher level of dye, the crocking results begin to drop off (4.0 for TBO and 3.5 for MB). This means that even though the crocking results are still within specification, the limit of the binding power for this type of nonwoven treatment system is being approached. The TH dye was evaluated at 3.5 for the lowest dye level and the lowest binder level. Also, the saturant bath system was unstable and had to be stirred constantly to prevent separation.

Table 65 shows the % kill results against HIV-1. All of the samples gave greater than 99% kill after 15 minutes of contact with HIV-1 suspended in whole human blood and exposure to 2000 foot candles illumination. The untreated control samples showed no virucidal activity. In addition, the nonwoven sample treated with a blend of all three dyes, TBO-TH-MB, also killed greater than 99% of the virus present.

EXAMPLE 10

Some of the nonwovens prepared in Example 9 were exposed to H9 cells chronically infected with HIV-1 and suspended in whole human blood. After two hours exposure to 2000 foot candles illumination, all but one of the dye treated nonwoven samples gave greater than 99% virus kill, as shown in Table 66. The highest kill, 99.94% or greater, was for Methylene Blue at 80 ppm with Viscarin.RTM. as the binder. There was good recovery of virus for the zero time control. Based on all of the dye results, Methylene Blue gave the highest kill rates at comparable dye levels.

TABLE 1______________________________________Experiment No.: 1811-48-1INGRE- WET SOLIDS DRYDIENT AMOUNT % WET % WEIGHT DRY %______________________________________DI WAT 250.6000 78.1636ELVANOL 66.6000 8.0000 20.7729 5.3280 74.8139EPS 1.6000 100.0000 0.4990 1.6000 22.4681IPA 1.6000 0.4990ROSE 0.2100 92.0000 0.0655 0.1932 2.7180BENGALTOTAL: 320.6100 2.2211 100.0000 7.1212 100.0000 ACTUAL % SOLIDS______________________________________ TABLE 2______________________________________Experiment No.: 1811-48-4INGRE- WET SOLIDS DRYDIENT AMOUNT % WET % WEIGHT DRY %______________________________________DI WAT 256.0000 79.9475WB4000 64.0000 40.0000 19.9869 25.6000 99.2510Rose 0.2100 92.0000 0.0656 0.1932 0.7490BENGALTOTAL: 320.2100 8.0551 100.0000 25.7932 100.0000 ACTUAL % SOLIDS______________________________________ TABLE 3______________________________________REFERENCE NO.: E 1811-48 WRC 16043-30DYE: Rose BengalLIGHT EXPOSURE TIME: 120 min. Light Level: 2000 fcMICROORGANISM: STAPH.Samples were washed in water to check for leaching. COM- MENTS Wash waterRUN DARK LIGHT LIGHT SUB- absorbance at# LOG # LOG # % KILL STRATE 546 nanometers______________________________________1 3.1 < 0.5 > 99.7488 Nonwoven 0.90 X-1734 4.6 .about. 1 .about. 99.9749 Nonwoven 0.00 X-173______________________________________ TABLE 4______________________________________EXPERIMENT No. 3057-44-1 SUBSTRATE: Merfin 60850BASIS WEIGHT-GMS: 85INGRE- WET SOLIDS DRYDIENT AMOUNT % WET % WEIGHT DRY %______________________________________DI WAT 319.0000 99.6742WB4000 1.0000 40.0000 0.3125 0.4000 90.3751ROSE 0.0026 100.0000 0.0008 0.0026 0.5874BENGALFD&C 0.0400 100.0000 0.0125 0.0400 9.0375BLUE #2TOTAL: 320.0426 0.1283 100.0000 0.4426 100.0000 ACTUAL % SOLIDS______________________________________ TABLE 5______________________________________EXPERIMENT No. 3057-44-2 SUBSTRATE: Merfin 60850BASIS WEIGHT-GMS: 85INGRE- WET SOLIDS DRYDIENT AMOUNT % WET % WEIGHT DRY %______________________________________DI WAT 318.0000 99.3618WB4000 2.0000 40.0000 0.6249 0.8000 94.9442ROSE 0.0026 100.0000 0.0008 0.0026 0.3086BENGALFD&C 0.0400 100.0000 0.0125 0.0400 4.7472BLUE #2TOTAL 320.0426 0.2633 100.0000 0.8426 100.0000 ACTUAL % SOLIDS______________________________________ TABLE 6______________________________________EXPERIMENT No. 3057-44-3 SUBSTRATE: Merfin 60850BASIS WEIGHT-GMS: 85INGRE- WET SOLIDS DRYDIENT AMOUNT % WET % WEIGHT DRY %______________________________________DI WAT 316.0000 98.7369WB4000 4.0000 40.0000 1.2498 1.6000 97.4066ROSE 0.0026 100.0000 0.0008 0.0026 0.1582BENGALFD&C 0.0400 100.0000 0.0125 0.0400 2.4352BLUE #2TOTAL 320.0426 0.6132 100.0000 1.6426 100.0000 ACTUAL % SOLIDS______________________________________ TABLE 7______________________________________% COMPOSITION by WEIGHTExperi- Dyes/Anti- Components Dye/ment Nonwoven Binder microbials FD&C BinderNo. 60850 WB4000 RB BLUE #2 Ratio______________________________________3057-44-1 99.793 0.1871 0.0012 0.0187 0.006413057-44-2 99.6066 0.3735 0.0012 0.0187 0.003213057-44-3 99.236 0.7442 0.0012 0.0186 0.00161______________________________________ TABLE 8______________________________________REFERENCE No.: E 3057-44-(1-3) WRC 16043-91DYE: Rose BengalLIGHT EXPOSURE TIME: 60 min. Light Level: 2000 fcMICROORGANISM: Staph. Nonwoven - Merfin 60850RUN Time `0` DARK LIGHT LIGHT# LOG # LOG # LOG # % KILL COMMENTS______________________________________1 5.1 4.9 < 1.0 > 99.991 No Leaching of Rose Bengal, FD&C Blue #2 leached2 5.0 4.7 < 2.3 > 99.315 No Leaching of Rose Bengal, FD&C Blue #2 leached3 5.0 4.7 < 3.5 > 97.071 No Leaching of Rose Bengal, FD&C Blue #2 leachedAve. 5.0 Log Seed Bacteria = 5.0______________________________________ TABLE 9______________________________________EXPERIMENT No. 3046-34-1 SUBSTRATE: J81BASIS WEIGHT-GSM: 85INGRE- WET SOLIDS DRYDIENT AMOUNT % WET % WEIGHT DRY %______________________________________DI WAT 6,921.1000 98.8729WB4000 22.2000 39.5000 0.3171 8.7690 99.3576ROSE 56.7000 0.1000 0.8100 0.0567 0.6424BENGALTOTAL: 7,000.0000 0.1261 100.0000 8.8257 100.0000 ACTUAL % SOLIDS______________________________________ TABLE 10______________________________________EXPERIMENT No. 3046-34-2 SUBSTRATE: J81BASIS WEIGHT-GSM: 85INGRE- WET SOLIDS DRYDIENT AMOUNT % WET % WEIGHT DRY %______________________________________DI WAT 6,943.3000 99.1900ROSE 56.7000 0.1000 0.8100 0.0567 100.0000BENGALTOTAL: 7,000.0000 0.0008 100.0000 0.0567 100.0000 ACTUAL % SOLIDS______________________________________ TABLE 11______________________________________EXPERIMENT No. 3046-34-3 SUBSTRATE: J81BASIS WEIGHT-GSM: 85INGRE- WET SOLIDS DRYDIENT AMOUNT % WET % WEIGHT DRY %______________________________________DI WAT 6,394.6000 98.4943WB4000 11.6000 39.5000 0.1657 4.5820 97.9939TBO 93.8000 0.1000 1.3400 0.0938 2.0061TOTAL: 7,000.0000 0.0668 100.0000 4.6758 100.0000 ACTUAL % SOLIDS______________________________________ TABLE 12______________________________________EXPERIMENT No. 3046-34-4 SUBSTRATE: J81BASIS WEIGHT-GSM: 85INGRE- WET SOLIDS DRYDIENT AMOUNT % WET % WEIGHT DRY %______________________________________DI WAT 6,906.2000 98.6600TBO 93.8000 0.1000 1.3400 0.0938 100.0000TOTAL: 7,000.0000 0.0013 100.0000 0.0938 100.0000 ACTUAL % SOLIDS______________________________________ TABLE 13______________________________________EXPERIMENT No. 3046-34-5 SUBSTRATE: J81BASIS WEIGHT-GSM: 85INGRE- WET SOLIDS DRYDIENT AMOUNT % WET % WEIGHT DRY %______________________________________DI WAT 6,842.0000 97.7429WB4000 44.3000 39.5000 0.6329 17.4985 99.3544ROSE 113.7000 0.1000 1.6243 0.1137 0.6456BENGALTOTAL: 7,000.0000 0.2516 100.000 17.6122 100.0000 ACTUAL % SOLIDS______________________________________ TABLE 14______________________________________EXPERIMENT No. 3046-34-6 SUBSTRATE: J81BASIS WEIGHT-GSM: 85INGRE- WET SOLIDS DRYDIENT AMOUNT % WET % WEIGHT DRY %______________________________________DI WAT 6,886.3000 98.3757ROSE 113.7000 0.1000 1.6243 0.1137 100.0000BENGALTOTAL: 7,000.0000 0.0016 100.0000 0.1137 100.0000 ACTUAL % SOLIDS______________________________________ TABLE 15______________________________________EXPERIMENT No. 3046-34-7 SUBSTRATE: J81BASIS WEIGHT-GSM: 85INGRE- WET SOLIDS DRYDIENT AMOUNT % WET % WEIGHT DRY %______________________________________DI WAT 6,789.1000 96.9871WB4000 23.3000 39.5000 0.3329 9.2035 98.0024TBO 187.6000 0.1000 2.6800 0.1876 1.9976TOTAL: 7,000.0000 0.1342 100.0000 9.3911 100.0000 ACTUAL % SOLIDS______________________________________ TABLE 16______________________________________EXPERIMENT No. 3046-34-8 SUBSTRATE: J81BASIS WEIGHT-GSM: 85INGRE- WET SOLIDS DRYDIENT AMOUNT % WET % WEIGHT DRY %______________________________________DI WAT 6,812.4000 97.3200TBO 187.6000 0.1000 2.6800 0.1876 100.0000TOTAL: 7,000.0000 0.0027 100.0000 0.1876 100.0000 ACTUAL % SOLIDS______________________________________ TABLE 17______________________________________% COMPOSITION by WEIGHT Dyes/Experiment Nonwoven Binder Antimicrobials Dye/BinderNo. J81 WB4000 RB TBO Ratio______________________________________3046-34-1 99.8112 .1876 .0012 0.00643046-34-2 99.9988 .00123046-34-3 99.8999 .0981 .0020 0.02043046-34-4 99.9980 .00203046-34-5 99.6240 .3736 .0024 0.00643046-34-6 99.9976 .00243046-34-7 99.7992 .1968 .0040 0.02033046-34-8 99.9960 .0040______________________________________ TABLE 18__________________________________________________________________________REFERENCE NO.: 3046-34-5.7 WRC 17450-(28-30)DYE: RB & TBOLIGHT EXPOSURE TIME: 30 & 60 min. Light Level: Room LightMICROORGANISM: MRSA Substrate-Walkisoft J41 30 min. 60 min. 30 min. 30 min. 60 min. 60 min. Time `0` DARK DARK LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT LIGHTRUN # LOG # LOG # LOG # LOG # % KILL LOG # % KILL Comments__________________________________________________________________________ Room Light Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus - Seed = 4.25 4.2 4.1 4.2 4.0 36.9043 3.8 60.1893 WB4000 with Rose Bengal at 24 ppm7 4.2 4.1 4.1 3.5 80.0474 1.5 99.8005 WB4000 with Toluidine Blue O at 40 ppmControl 4.2 4.1 4.1 4.1 20.5672 4.2 No Kill Washed CA5__________________________________________________________________________ TABLE 19__________________________________________________________________________REFERENCE NO.: 3046-34-(5-8) WRC 17450-(24-25)DYE: RB & TBOLIGHT EXPOSURE TIME: 60 MIN. Light Level: 2000 fcMICROORGANISM: MRSA Substrate - Walkisoft J41 60 min. 60 min. 60 min. 60 min.Time `0` DARK DARK LIGHT LIGHTRUN # LOG # LOG # % KILL LOG # % KILL COMMENTS__________________________________________________________________________ Bright Light Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus - Seed = 4.55 4.4 4.3 No Kill 2.3 .about. 99.00 WB4000 with Rose Bengal at 24 ppm6 4.2 < 1.0 99.9499 2.5 98.42 No Binder; Rose Bengal at 24 ppm:7 4.3 4.2 20.5672 1.0 > 99.95 WB4000 with Toluidine Blue O at 40 ppm8 4.3 4.2 20.5672 1.0 > 99.95 No Binder; Toluidine Blue O at 40 ppm; Leached; gave kill in solution.Control 4.4 3.0 96.0189 3.4 90.00 Unwashed CA5Average 4.3__________________________________________________________________________ TABLE 20__________________________________________________________________________REFERENCE NO.: E 3046-34-(1-8) WRC 17253-59DYE: RB & TBOLIGHT EXPOSURE TIME: 60 min. Light Level: 2000 fcMICROORGANISM: Staph., Kp Substrate - Walkisoft J41 60 min. 60 min. 60 min. 60 min. Time `0` DARK DARK LIGHT LIGHTRUN # LOG # LOG # % KILL LOG # % KILL COMMENTS__________________________________________________________________________ Staphylococcus aureus - Seed = 5.1 5.4 5.4 No Kill < 1.0 > 99.9950 WB4000 with Rose Bengal at 12 ppm2 4.3 < 1.0 > 99.9950 < 1.0 > 99.9950 No Binder; Rose Bengal at 12 ppm; Leached; gave kill in solution.3 5.5 5.4 26 < 1.0 > 99.9950 WB4000 with Toluidine Blue O at 20 ppm; Slight Leaching4 5.3 5.0 49.3813 < 1.0 > 99.9950 No Binder; Toluidine Blue O at 20 ppm; Leached; gave kill in solution.5 5.4 5.4 No Kill 2.4 99.8741 WB4000 with Rose Bengal at 24 ppm6 2.3 < 1.0 > 99.9950 < 1.0 > 99.9950 No Binder; Rose Bengal at 24 ppm; Leached; gave kill in solution.7 5.5 5.5 No Kill < 1.0 > 99.9950 WB4000 with Toluidine Blue O at 40 ppm8 5.4 5.0 49.3813 < 1.0 > 99.9950 No Binder; Toluidine Blue O at 40 ppm; Leached; gave kill in solutionTime `0` Avg. 5.3 #6 result omitted from Time `0` Average Klebsiella pneumoniae - Seed = 6.21 5.1 5.2 No Kill 5.1 No Kill WB4000 with Rose Bengal at 12 ppm2 5.1 5.1 No Kill 5.1 No Kill No Binder; Rose Bengal at 12 ppm3 5.1 5.2 No Kill 4.2 87.4107 WB4000 with Toluidine Blue O at 20 ppm4 5.1 5.2 No Kill 4.0 92.0567 No Binder, Toluidine Blue O at 20 ppm5 5.1 5.2 No Kill 5.1 No Kill WB4000 with Rose Bengal at 24 ppm6 5.1 5.2 No Kill 4.7 60.1893 No Binder; Rose Bengal at 24 ppm7 5.1 5.1 No Kill 2.5 99.7488 WB4000 with Toluidine Blue O at 40 ppm8 5.1 5.1 No Kill .about. 2.4 .about. 99.8005 No Binder; Toluidine Blue O at 40 ppmTime `0` Avg. 5.1__________________________________________________________________________ TABLE 21__________________________________________________________________________EXPERIMENT No. 3046-92 SUBSTRATE: WA-1 BASIS WEIGHT-GSM: 85INGREDIENT WET AMOUNT SOLIDS % WET % DRY WEIGHT DRY %__________________________________________________________________________DI WAT 598.7000 85.5286TBO 9.4000 0.1000 1.3429 0.0094 2.0047VISCARIN .RTM. SD 389 91.9000 0.5000 13.1286 0.4595 97.9953TOTAL: 700.0000 0.0670 100.0000 0.4689 100.0000 ACTUAL % SOLIDS__________________________________________________________________________ TABLE 22______________________________________% COMPOSITION by WEIGHT Dye Dyes/Experiment Nonwoven Binder Antimicrobials Dye/BinderNo. WA-1 VIS389 TBO RB Ratio______________________________________3046-92 99.8996 0.0984 0.0020 0.02033046-93-1 99.8998 0.0980 0.0022 0.0224______________________________________ TABLE 23______________________________________EXPERIMENT No. 3046-96-1 SUBSTRATE: WA-1BASIS WEIGHT-GSM: 85INGRE- WET SOLIDS DRYDIENT AMOUNT % WET % WEIGHT DRY %______________________________________DI WAT 597.0000 85.2857ROSE 11.4000 0.0920 1.6286 0.0105 2.2387BENGALNALCO 91.6000 0.5000 13.0857 0.4580 97.76137607TOTAL: 700.0000 0.0669 100.0000 0.4685 100.0000 ACTUAL % SOLIDS______________________________________ TABLE 24______________________________________EXPERIMENT No. 3046-96-2 SUBSTRATE: WA-1BASIS WEIGHT-GSM: 85INGRE- WET SOLIDS DRYDIENT AMOUNT % WET % WEIGHT DRY %______________________________________DI WAT 642.8000 91.8286ROSE 11.4000 0.0920 1.6286 0.0105 4.3793BENGALNALCO 45.8000 0.5000 6.5429 0.2290 95.62077607TOTAL: 700.0000 0.0342 100.0000 0.2395 100.0000 ACTUAL % SOLIDS______________________________________ TABLE 25______________________________________EXPERIMENT No. 3046-96-3 SUBSTRATE: WA-1BASIS WEIGHT-GSM: 85INGRE- WET SOLIDS DRYDIENT AMOUNT % WET % WEIGHT DRY %______________________________________DI WAT 682.8000 97.5568ROSE 11.4000 0.0920 1.6288 0.0105 26.9006BENGALNALCO 5.7000 0.5000 0.8144 0.0285 73.09947607TOTAL: 699.9000 0.0056 100.0000 0.0390 100.0000 ACTUAL % SOLIDS______________________________________ TABLE 26______________________________________EXPERIMENT No. 3046-96-4ASUBSTRATE: 3096-94 (Buffered WA-1)BASIS WEIGHT-GSM: 85INGRE- WET SOLIDS DRYDIENT AMOUNT % WET % WEIGHT DRY %______________________________________DI WAT 685.7000 97.9571ROSE 11.4000 0.0920 1.6286 0.0105 41.9721BENGALNALCO 2.9000 0.5000 0.4143 0.0145 58.02797607TOTAL: 700.0000 0.0036 100.0000 0.0250 100.0000 ACTUAL % SOLIDS______________________________________ TABLE 27______________________________________EXPERIMENT No. 3046-96-4B SUBSTRATE: WA-1BASIS WEIGHT-GSM: 85INGRE- WET SOLIDS DRYDIENT AMOUNT % WET % WEIGHT DRY %______________________________________DI WAT 685.7000 97.9571ROSE 11.4000 0.0920 1.6286 0.0105 41.9721BENGALNALCO 2.9000 0.5000 0.4143 0.0145 58.02797607TOTAL: 700.0000 0.0026 100.0000 0.0250 100.0000 ACTUAL % SOLIDS______________________________________ TABLE 28______________________________________EXPERIMENT No. 3046-96-5 SUBSTRATE: WA-1BASIS WEIGHT-GSM: 85INGRE- WET SOLIDS DRYDIENT AMOUNT % WET % WEIGHT DRY %______________________________________DI WAT 687.2000 98.1714ROSE 11.4000 0.0920 1.6286 0.0105 59.9726BENGALNALCO 1.4000 0.5000 0.2000 0.0070 40.02747607TOTAL: 700.0000 0.0025 100.0000 0.0175 100.0000 ACTUAL % SOLIDS______________________________________ TABLE 29______________________________________% COMPOSITION by WEIGHTExperiment Nonwoven Dye Binder Dye Dye/BinderNo. WA-1 WA-1B NAL7607 RB Ratio______________________________________3046-96-1 99.8930 0.1046 0.0024 0.02293046-96-2 99.9453 0.0523 0.0024 0.04593046-96-3 99.9911 0.0065 0.0024 0.36923046-96-4A 99.9943 0.0033 0.0024 0.72733046-96-4B 99.9943 0.0033 0.0024 0.72733046-96-5 99.9960 0.0016 0.0024 1.5000______________________________________ TABLE 30__________________________________________________________________________REFERENCE NO.: E 3046-94, 95, 96 WRC 17450-(80-84)DYE: RB & TBCLIGHT EXPOSURE TIME: 60 min. Light Level: 2000 fcMICROORGANISM: MRSA Substrate - Walkisoft WA-1 Raw & Buffered - WashedRUN Time `0` DARK LIGHT LIGHT DARK# LOG # LOG # LOG # % KILL COMMENTS % KILL__________________________________________________________________________ Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus - Seed = 5.594 5.5 5.3 5.3 34.4353 Walkisoft WA-1 Buffered and Washed: 34.435l95-1A 5.5 5.3 1.3 .about. 99.9934 Washed WA-1 Treated with WB4000 & TBO; 21 34.43595-1B 5.5 5.4 < 1.0 > 99.9967 Raw WA-1 Treated with WB4000 & TBO; 21 17.45995-2A 5.5 5.1 1.2 99.9948 Washed WA-1 Treated with WB4000 & RB; 24 58.63195-2B 5.4 5.1 < 1.0 > 99.9967 Raw WA-1 Treated with WB4000 & RB; 24 58.63195-4 5.5 5.0 4.7 83.5310 Raw WA-1; Control 67.140Average 5.5 Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus - Seed = 5.595-1A 5.5 5.3 .about. 1.4 .about. 99.9900 Washed WA-1 Treated with WB4000 & TBO; 21 20.56795-2A 5.4 5.3 .about. 1.5 .about. 99.9874 Washed WA-1 Treated with WB4000 & RB; 24 20.56795-3A 5.4 5.3 .about. 1.5 .about. 99.9874 Washed WA-1 Treated with Viscarin .RTM. & TBO; 21 ppm 20.56795-3B 5.4 5.1 .about. 1.2 .about. 99.9937 Raw WA-1 Treated with Viscarin .RTM. & TBO; 21 ppm 49.38196-4A 5.4 4.3 < 1.0 > 99.9960 Washed WA-1 Treated with Nalco 7607 & RB; 24 74.38196-4B 5.3 4.1 < 1.0 > 99.9960 Raw WA-1 Treated with Nalco 7607 & RB; 24 94.988Average 5.4__________________________________________________________________________ TABLE 31______________________________________EXPERIMENT No. 1815-95-1 SUBSTRATE: CASBASIS WEIGHT-GSM: 85INGRE- WET SOLIDS DRYDIENT AMOUNT % WET % WEIGHT DRY %______________________________________DI WAT 4,791.7800 99.8288WB4000 5.3800 40.0000 0.1225 2.3520 74.1722LEXAINE 2.3400 35.0000 0.0488 0.8190 25.8278TOTAL: 4,800.0000 0.0661 100.0000 3.1710 100.0000 ACTUAL % SOLIDS______________________________________ TABLE 32______________________________________EXPERIMENT No. 1815-95-2SUBSTRATE: CA5BASIS WEIGHT-GSM: 85INGRE- WET SOLIDS DRYDIENT AMOUNT % WET % WEIGHT DRY %______________________________________DI WAT 4,727.4600 98.4888WB4000 5.8800 40.0000 0.1225 2.3520 72.6976LEXAINE 2.3400 35.0000 0.0488 0.8190 25.3143TB0 64.3200 0.1000 1.3400 0.0643 1.9881TOTAL: 4,800.0000 0.0674 100.0000 3.2353 100.0000 ACTUAL % SOLIDS______________________________________ TABLE 33______________________________________EXPERIMENT No. 1815-95-3SUBSTRATE: MERFIN 60805BASIS WEIGHT-GSM: 85INGRE- WET SOLIDS DRYDIENT AMOUNT % WET % WEIGHT DRY %______________________________________DI WAT 4,791.7800 99.8288WB4000 5.8800 40.0000 0.1225 2.3520 74.1722LEXAINE 2.2400 35.0000 0.0488 0.8190 25.8278TOTAL: 4,800.0000 0.0661 100.0000 3.1710 100.0000 ACTUAL % SOLIDS______________________________________ TABLE 34______________________________________EXPERIMENT No. 1815-95-4SUBSTRATE: MERFIN 60805BASIS WEIGHT-GSM: 85INGRE- WET SOLIDS DRYDIENT AMOUNT % WET % WEIGHT DRY %______________________________________DI WAT 4,727.4600 98.4888WB4000 5.8800 40.0000 0.1225 2.3520 72.6976LEXAIN 2.3400 35.0000 0.0488 0.8190 25.3143TBO 64.3200 0.1000 1.3400 0.0843 1.9881TOTAL: 4.800.0000 0.0674 100.0000 3.2353 100.0000 ACTUAL % SOLIDS______________________________________ TABLE 35______________________________________% COMPOSITION by WEIGHTExperi- Anti- Wetting Dye/ment Nonwoven Binder microbials Agent BindsNo. X173 60850 WB4000 TBO LC Ratio______________________________________1815-95-1 99.9076 .0685 .02391815-95-2 99.9067 .0685 .0019 .0239 0.02771815-95-3 99.9076 .0685 .02391815-95-4 99.9057 .0685 .0019 .0239 0.0277______________________________________ TABLE 36______________________________________REFERENCE NO.: E 1815-95-(1-4) WRC 16502-(22 to 36)DYE: TBOLIGHT EXPOSURE TIME: 60 min. Light Level: 2000 fcMICROORGANISM: E. coli Nonwoven - 1815-95-(1 & 2) uses Fort Howard X-173 Nonwoven - 1815-95-(3 & 4) uses Merfin 60850 TimeRUN `0` DARK LIGHT LIGHT# LOG # LOG # LOG # % KILL COMMENTS______________________________________ Escherichia coli - Seed = 5.51 5.4 5.3 4.4 90.0000 No TBO2 5.3 5.3 < 1.0 > 99.9950 Toluidine Blue O = 19 ppm Total3 5.4 5.3 5.1 49.8813 No TBO4 5.4 5.3 < 1.0 > 99.9960 Toluidine Blue O = 19 ppm Total______________________________________ TABLE 37______________________________________REFERENCE NO.: E 1815-95-(1-4) WRC 16502-(22 to 36)DYE: TBOLIGHT EXPOSURE TIME: 60 min. Light Level: 2000 fcMICROORGANISM: Pa Nonwoven - 1815-95-(1 & 2) uses Fort Howard X-173 Nonwoven - 1815-95-(3 & 4) uses Merfin 60850RUN Time `0` DARK LIGHT LIGHT# LOG # LOG # LOG # % KILL Comments______________________________________ Pseudomonas aeruginosa - Seed = 5.11 5.0 4.9 4.9 20.5672 No TBO2 5.0 4.9 2.7 99.4988 Toluidine Blue O = 19 ppm Total3 4.9 4.7 4.9 No Kill No TBO4 4.9 4.9 4.0 87.4107 Toluidine Blue O = 19 ppm Total______________________________________ TABLE 38______________________________________REFERENCE NO.: E 1815-95-(1-4) WRC 16502-(22 to 36)DYE: TBOLIGHT EXPOSURE TIME: 60 min. Light Level: 2000 fcMICROORGANISM: EC Nonwoven - 1815-95-(1 & 2) uses Fort Howard X-173 Nonwoven - 1815-95-(3 & 4) uses Merfin 60850RUN Time `0` DARK LIGHT LIGHT# LOG # LOG # LOG # % KILL Comments______________________________________ Enterobacter cloacae - Seed = 6.21 6.1 6.1 5.9 38.9043 No TBO2 6.0 5.7 3.0 99.9000 Toluidine Blue O = 19 ppm Total3 6.1 6.1 5.9 36.9043 No TBO4 6.0 5.9 2.0 99.9900 Toluidine Blue O = 19 ppm Total______________________________________ TABLE 39______________________________________REFERENCE NO.: E 1815-95-(1-4) WRC 16502-(22 to 36)DYE: TBOLIGHT EXPOSURE TIME: 60 min. Light Level: 2000 fcMICROORGANISM: E. coli Nonwoven - 1815-95-(1 & 2) uses Fort Howard X-173 Nonwoven - 1815-95-(3 & 4) uses Merfin 60850 TimeRUN `0` DARK LIGHT LIGHT# LOG # LOG # LOG # % KILL COMMENTS______________________________________ Staphylococcus aureus - Seed = 6.41 5.6 5.5 4.3 94.9881 No TBO2 5.8 5.5 < 1.0 > 99.9984 Toluidine Blue O = 19 ppm Total3 5.6 5.5 5.3 49.8813 No TBO4 5.5 5.5 < 1.0 > 99.9968 Toluidine Blue O = 19 ppm Total______________________________________ TABLE 40__________________________________________________________________________REFERENCE NO.: E 1815-95-(1-4) WRC 16502-(22 to 36)DYE: TBOLIGHT EXPOSURE TIME: 60 min. Light Level: 2000 fcMICROORGANISM: Ef Nonwoven - 1815-95-(1&2) uses Fort Howard X-173 Nonwoven - 1815-95-(3&4) uses Merfin 60850__________________________________________________________________________ Time '0' DARK LIGHT LIGHTRUN # LOG # LOG # LOG # % KILL COMMENTS__________________________________________________________________________ Enterococcus faecalis - Seed = 5.71 5.6 5.1 5.0 74.8811 No TBO2 5.6 5.1 < 1.0 > 99.9975 Toluidine Blue O = 19 ppm Total3 5.4 5.2 5.3 20.5672 No TBO4 5.3 5.2 < 1.0 > 99.9950 Toluidine Blue O = 19 ppm Total__________________________________________________________________________ TABLE 41__________________________________________________________________________REFERENCE NO.: E 1815-95-(1-4) WRC 16502-(22 to 36)DYE: TBOLIGHT EXPOSURE TIME: 60 min. Light Level: 2000 fcMICROORGANISM: Kp Nonwoven - 1815-95-(1&2) uses Fort Howard X-173 Nonwoven - 1815-95-(2&4) uses Merfin 60850__________________________________________________________________________ Time '0' DARK LIGHT LIGHTRUN # LOG # LOG # LOG # % KILL COMMENTS__________________________________________________________________________ Kiebsiella pneumoniae - Seed = 5.51 5.5 5.4 5.5 No Kill No TBO2 5.5 5.5 2.9 99.7488 Toluidine Blue O = 19 ppm Total3 5.5 5.5 5.5 No Kill No TBO4 5.5 5.6 3.9 97.4881 Toluidine Blue O = 19 ppm Total__________________________________________________________________________ TABLE 42__________________________________________________________________________REFERENCE NO.: E 1815-95-(1-4) WRC 16502-(22 to 36)DYE: TBOLIGHT EXPOSURE TIME: 60 min. Light Level: 2000 fcMICROORGANISM: St Nonwoven - 1815-95-(1&2) uses Fort Howard X-173 Nonwoven - 1815-95-(3&4) uses Merfin 60850__________________________________________________________________________ Time '0' DARK LIGHT LIGHTRUN # LOG # LOG # LOG # % KILL COMMENTS__________________________________________________________________________ Salmonella typhimurium - Seed = 6.11 6.1 6.1 6.0 20.5672 No TBO2 6.1 6.1 4.1 99.0000 Toluidine Blue O = 19 ppm Total3 6.1 6.0 6.1 No Kill No TBO4 6.1 6.1 4.6 96.8377 Toluidine Blue O = 19 ppm Total__________________________________________________________________________ TABLE 43__________________________________________________________________________REFERENCE NO.: E 1815-95-(1-4) WRC 16502-(22 to 36)DYE: TBOLIGHT EXPOSURE TIME: 60 min. Light Level: 2000 fcMICROORGANISM: Se Nonwoven - 1815-95-(1&2) uses Fort Howard X-173 Nonwoven - 1815-95-(3&4) uses Merfin 60850__________________________________________________________________________ Time '0' DARK LIGHT LIGHTRUN # LOG # LOG # LOG # % KILL COMMENTS__________________________________________________________________________ Stapylococcus epidermidis - Seed = 5.41 5.4 5.3 5.3 20.5672 No TBO2 5.4 5.2 < 1.0 > 99.9960 Toluidine Blue O = 19 ppm Total3 5.4 5.4 5.3 20.5672 No TBO4 5.3 5.3 -- 1.2 .about. 99.9921 Toluidine Blue O = 19 ppm Total__________________________________________________________________________ TABLE 44__________________________________________________________________________REFERENCE NO.: E 1815-95-(1-4) WRC 16602-(22 to 36)DYE: TBOLIGHT EXPOSURE TIME: 60 min. Light Level: 2000 fcMICROORGANISM: Sm Nonwoven - 1815-95-(1&2) uses Fort Howard X-173 Nonwoven - 1815-95-(3&4) uses Merfin 60850__________________________________________________________________________ Time '0' DARK LIGHT LIGHTRUN # LOG # LOG # LOG # % KILL COMMENTS__________________________________________________________________________ Serratia marcescens - Seed = 5.41 5.5 5.4 5.4 20.5672 No TBO2 5.5 5.4 3.8 98.0047 Toluidine Blue O = 19 ppm Total3 5.4 5.4 5.4 No Kill No TBO4 5.4 5.3 3.5 98.7411 Toluidine Blue O = 19 ppm Total__________________________________________________________________________ TABLE 45__________________________________________________________________________REFERENCE NO.: E 1815-95-(1-4) WRC 16602-(22 to 36)DYE: TBOLIGHT EXPOSURE TIME: 60 min. Light Level: 2000 fcMICROORGANISM: Py Nonwoven - 1815-95-(1&2) uses Fort Howard X-173 Nonwoven - 1815-95-(3&4) uses Merfin 60850__________________________________________________________________________ Time '0' DARK LIGHT LIGHTRUN # LOG # LOG # LOG # % KILL COMMENTS__________________________________________________________________________ Proteus vulgaris - Seed = 5.91 5.3 5.8 5.7 20.5672 No TBO2 5.7 5.7 .about. 1.2 99.9968 Toluidine Blue O = 19 ppm Total3 5.3 5.8 5.7 20.5672 No TBO4 5.3 5.8 .about. 1.0 99.9984 Toluidine Blue O = 19 ppm Total__________________________________________________________________________ TABLE 46__________________________________________________________________________EXPERIMENT No. 3046-77-1 SUBATRATE: 3046-76 (Buffered J80) BASIS WEIGHT-GSM: 85INGREDIENT WET AMOUNT SOLIDS % WET % DRY WEIGHT DRY %__________________________________________________________________________DI WAT 6,394.6000 98.4943WB4000 11.6000 39.5000 0.1657 4.5820 97.9939TBO 93.3000 0.1000 1.3400 0.0938 2.0061TOTAL: 7,000.0000 0.0668 100.0000 4.6758 100.0000 ACTUAL % SOLIDS__________________________________________________________________________ TABLE 47__________________________________________________________________________EXPERIMENT No. 3046-77-2 SUBATRATE: 3046-76(Buffered J80) BASIS WEIGHT-GSM: 85INGREDIENT WET AMOUNT SOLIDS % WET % DRY WEIGHT DRY %__________________________________________________________________________DI WAT 6,874.7000 98.2100WB4000 11.6000 39.5000 0.1667 4.5820 97.7680ROSE BENGAL 113.7000 0.0920 1.6243 0.1046 2.2320TOTAL: 7,000.0000 0.0670 100.0000 4.6866 100.0000 ACTUAL % SOLIDS__________________________________________________________________________ TABLE 48__________________________________________________________________________ % COMPOSITION by WEIGHT Dyes/ Nonwoven Dye Binder Antimicrobials Dye/BinderExperiment No. J80B W84000 TBO RB Ratio__________________________________________________________________________3046-77-1 99.8999 0.0981 0.0020 0.02043046-77-2 99.8997 0.0981 0.0022 0.0224__________________________________________________________________________ TABLE 49__________________________________________________________________________REF. NO.: 3046-77-(1,2); 3046-76 Virucidal StudiesDYE: TBO, RB Date: September 17, 1993EXPOSURE: 6, 20, & 60 min. Light Level: 2000 fcMICROBE: HIV-1 Free Substrate - 3046-76 (Buffer and Wash Walkisoft J-80)Virus inPhosphatebufferedsaline__________________________________________________________________________ Dark - Dark - Dark - Light - Light - Light - 6 min. 20 min. 60 min. 6 min. 20 min. 60 min.Sample ID % KILL % KILL % KILL % KILL % KILL % KILL COMMENTS__________________________________________________________________________ 3.0 Virus Titer3046-76 No Kill 80.0474 90.0000 49.8813 68.3772 98.0047 J-80B(Washed)3046-77-1 No Kill 80.0474 90.0000 99.6838 99.6838 99.6838 J-80B/WB4000/TBO 20 ppm3046-77-2 No Kill 80.0474 90.0000 99.0000 99.6838 99.6838 J-80B/WB4000/RB 22 ppm__________________________________________________________________________ TABLE 50__________________________________________________________________________REFERENCE NO.: E 3046-77-1,2 WRC 17450-(58-59)DYE: RB & TBOLIGHT EXPOSURE TIME: 60 min. Light Level: 2000 fcMICROORGANISM: MRSA; Kp Substrate Walkisoft J80 Buffered and__________________________________________________________________________ Washed Time '0' DARK LIGHT LIGHTRUN # LOG # LOG # LOG # % KILL COMMENTS__________________________________________________________________________ Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus aureus - Seed = 4.3Control 4.3 4.2 4.2 20.5672 Walkisoft J80 Buffered and Washed1 4.3 4.3 .about. 1.0 .about. 99.9499 Washed J80 Treated with Binder & TBO; 20 ppm2 4.3 4.3 .about. 1.0 .about. 99.9499 Wasned J80 Treated with Binder & RB; 22 ppmControl 4.3 4.2 4.2 20.5672 Walkisoft J80 Raw Untreated NonwovenBeads 4.4 4.3 3.7 80.0474 60 mg of Rose Bengal bound to resin beads Klesiella pneumoniae - Seed = 5.2Control 5.1 5.1 5.2 No Kill Walkisoft J80 Buffered and Washed1 5.1 5.1 4.3 84.1511 Washed J80 Treated with Binder & TBO; 20 ppm2 5.2 5.1 5.2 No Kill Washed J80 Treated with Binder & RB: 22 ppmControl 5.1 5.1 5.1 No Kill Walkisoft J80 Raw Untreated Nonwoven__________________________________________________________________________ TABLE 51__________________________________________________________________________REFERENCE NO.: 3046-77-(1,2)DYE: TBO, RB Date: November 23, 1993EXPOSURE TIME: 20, & 60 min. Light Level: 2000 fcMICROORGANISM: HIV-1 Free Virus Substrate - J-80B; 3046-76 (Buffer and Wash Walkisoft J-80)__________________________________________________________________________ Dark- Dark - Light - Light - 20 min. 60 min. 20 min. 60 min.Sample ID % KILL % KILL % KILL % KILL COMMENTS__________________________________________________________________________ Virus Titer in PBS (phosphate buffered saline = 4.3)3046-76 99.7812 99.9852 99.9532 99.9852 J-80B(Washed)3046-77-1 99.7812 99.9852 99.9852 99.9852 J-80B/WB4000/TBO 20 ppm3046-77-2 99.7812 99.9852 99.9852 99.9852 J-80B/WB4000/RB 22 ppm Virus Titer in Whole Human Blood = 4.03046-76 No Kill 90.0000 68.3772 78.6204 J-80B(Washed)3046-77-1 53.2265 53.2265 96.3377 99.9684 J-80B/WB4000/TBO 20 ppm3046-77-2 53.2265 90.0000 78.6204 90.0000 J-80B/WB4000/RB 22 ppm__________________________________________________________________________ TABLE 52__________________________________________________________________________EXPERIMENT No. 3057-30-1A SUBSTRATE: WA-2(Lot # 1942) BASIS WEIGHT-GSM: 85INGREDIENT WET AMOUNT SOLIDS % WET % DRY WEIGHT DRY %__________________________________________________________________________DI WAT 598.7000 85.5286TBO 9.4000 0.1000 1.3429 0.0094 2.0047VISCARIN SD 389 91.9000 0.5000 13.1286 0.4595 97.9953TOTAL: 700.0000 0.0670 100.0000 0.4689 100.0000 ACTUAL % SOLIDS__________________________________________________________________________ TABLE 53__________________________________________________________________________EXPERIMENT No. 3057-30-1B SUBSTRATE: WA-2(Lot # 1942) BASIS WEIGHT-GSM: 85INGREDIENT WET AMOUNT SOLIDS % WET % DRY WEIGHT DRY %__________________________________________________________________________DI WAT 589.3000 84.1857TBO 18.8000 0.1000 2.6857 0.0188 3.9306VISCARIN SD 389 91.9000 0.5000 13.1286 0.4595 96.0694TOTAL: 700.0000 0.0683 100.0000 0.4783 100.0000 ACTUAL % SOLIDS__________________________________________________________________________ TABLE 54__________________________________________________________________________EXPERIMENT No. 3057-30-1C SUBSTRATE: WA-2(Lot # 1942) BASIS WEIGHT-GSM: 85INGREDIENT WET AMOUNT SOLIDS % WET % DRY WEIGHT DRY %__________________________________________________________________________DI WAT 497.4000 71.0571TBO 18.8000 0.1000 2.6857 0.0188 2.0047VISCARIN SD 389 183.8000 0.5000 26.2571 0.9190 97.9953TOTAL: 700.0000 0.1340 100.0000 0.9378 100.0000 ACTUAL % SOLIDS__________________________________________________________________________ TABLE 55__________________________________________________________________________EXPERIMENT No. 3057-30-1D SUBSTRATE: WA-2(Lot # 1942) BASIS WEIGHT-GSM: 85INGREDIENT WET AMOUNT SOLIDS % WET % DRY WEIGHT DRY %__________________________________________________________________________DI WAT 478.6000 68.3714TBO 37.6000 0.1000 5.3714 0.0376 3.9306VISCARIN SD 389 183.8000 0.5000 26.2571 0.9190 96.0694TOTAL: 700.0000 0.1367 100.0000 0.9566 100.0000 ACTUAL % SOLIDS__________________________________________________________________________ TABLE 56__________________________________________________________________________EXPERIMENT No. 3057-30-2A SUBSTRATE: WA-2(Lot # 1942) BASIS WEIGHT-GSM: 85INGREDIENT WET AMOUNT SOLIDS % WET % DRY WEIGHT DRY %__________________________________________________________________________DI WAT 597.3000 85.4000THIONIN 10.3000 0.0910 1.4714 0.0094 1.9990VISCARIN SD 389 91.9000 0.5000 13.1286 0.4595 98.0010TOTAL: 700.0000 0.0670 100.0000 0.4689 100.0000 ACTUAL % SOLIDS__________________________________________________________________________ TABLE 57__________________________________________________________________________EXPERIMENT No. 3057-30-3A SUBSTRATE: WA-2(Lot # 1942) BASIS WEIGHT-GSM: 85INGREDIENT WET AMOUNT SOLIDS % WET % DRY WEIGHT DRY %__________________________________________________________________________DI WAT 596.7000 85.2429METHYLENE BLUE 11.4000 0.0820 1.6286 0.0093 1.9938VISCARIN SD 389 91.9000 0.5000 13.1286 0.4595 98.0062TOTAL: 700.0000 0.0670 100.0000 0.4688 100.0000 ACTUAL % SOLIDS__________________________________________________________________________ TABLE 58__________________________________________________________________________EXPERIMENT No. 3057-30-3B SUBSTRATE: WA-2(Lot # 1942) BASIS WEIGHT-GSM: 85INGREDIENT WET AMOUNT SOLIDS % WET % DRY WEIGHT DRY %__________________________________________________________________________DI WAT 585.2000 83.6000METHYLENE BLUE 22.9000 0.0820 3.2714 0.0188 3.9262VISCARIN SD 389 91.9000 0.5000 13.1286 0.4595 96.0738TOTAL: 700.0000 0.0683 100.0000 0.4783 100.0000 ACTUAL % SOLIDS__________________________________________________________________________ TABLE 59__________________________________________________________________________EXPERIMENT No. 3057-30-3C SUBSTRATE: WA-2(Lot # 1942) BASIS WEIGHT-GSM: 85INGREDIENT WET AMOUNT SOLIDS % WET % DRY WEIGHT DRY %__________________________________________________________________________DI WAT 493.4000 70.4857METHYLENE BLUE 22.3000 0.0820 3.2571 0.0187 1.9938VISCARIN SD 389 183.3000 0.5000 26.2571 0.9190 98.0062TOTAL: 700.0000 0.1340 100.0000 0.9377 100.0000 ACTUAL % SOLIDS__________________________________________________________________________ TABLE 60__________________________________________________________________________EXPERIMENT No. 3057-30-3D SUBSTRATE: WA-2(Lot # 1942) BASIS WEIGHT-GSM: 85INGREDIENT WET AMOUNT SOLIDS % WET % DRY WEIGHT DRY %__________________________________________________________________________DI WAT 470.4000 67.2000METHYLENE BLUE 45.3000 0.0820 6.5429 0.0376 3.9252VISCARIN SD 389 183.3000 0.5000 26.2571 0.9190 96.0738TOTAL: 700.0000 0.1367 100.0000 0.9566 100.0000 ACTUAL % SOLIDS__________________________________________________________________________ TABLE 61__________________________________________________________________________EXPERIMENT No. 3057-30-4 SUBSTRATE: WA-2(Lot # 1942) BASIS WEIGHT-GSM: 85INGREDIENT WET AMOUNT SOLIDS % WET % DRY WEIGHT DRY %__________________________________________________________________________DI WAT 608.1000 86.8714VISCARIN SD 389 91.9000 0.5000 13.1286 0.4595 100.0000TOTAL: 700.0000 0.0656 100.0000 0.4595 100.0000 ACTUAL % SOLIDS__________________________________________________________________________ TABLE 62__________________________________________________________________________EXPERIMENT No. 3057-34-1 SUBSTRATE: WA-2(Lot # 1942) BASIS WEIGHT-GSM: 85INGREDIENT WET AMOUNT SOLIDS % WET % DRY WEIGHT DRY %__________________________________________________________________________DI WAT 577.0000 82.4286TBO 9.4000 0.1000 1.3429 0.0094 1.9277METHYLENE BLUE 11.4000 0.0820 1.6296 0.0093 1.9171THIONIN 10.3000 0.0910 1.4714 0.0094 1.9222VISCARIN SD 389 91.9000 0.5000 13.1286 0.4595 94.2330TOTAL: 700.0000 0.0697 100.0000 0.4876 100.0000 ACTUAL % SOLIDS__________________________________________________________________________ TABLE 63__________________________________________________________________________% COMPOSITION by WEIGHT Nonwoven Dye Binder Dyes/Antimicrobials Dye/BinderExperiment No. WA-2 VIS389 TBO TH MB Ratio__________________________________________________________________________3057-30-1A 99.8996 0.0984 0.0020 0.02033057-30-1B 99.8976 0.0984 0.0040 0.04073057-30-1C 99.7995 0.1965 0.0040 0.02043057-30-1D 99.7955 0.1965 0.0080 0.04073057-30-2A 99.8996 0.0984 0.0020 0.02033057-30-3A 99.8998 0.0984 0.0018 0.01833057-30-3B 99.8976 0.0984 0.0040 0.04073057-30-3C 99.7995 0.1965 0.0040 0.02043057-30-3D 99.7954 0.1965 0.0080 0.04093057-30-4 99.9016 0.09843057-34-1 99.8956 0.0984 0.0020 0.0020 0.0020 0.0610__________________________________________________________________________ TABLE 64__________________________________________________________________________REFERENCE NO.: 3057-30 Series Endura Laboratory TestingDYES: TBO, MB, TH Date: February 17, 1994Binder: Carrageenan Substrate - Walkisoft WA-2__________________________________________________________________________ CROCKING LEACHING AATCC 8-1989 1G SAMPLE/ Grade 50G DI WATER Target/Minimum ObservationSAMPLE ID 3.8/2.3 None/Very Slight COMMENTS__________________________________________________________________________3057-30-1A 4.5 -- WA-2/Viscarin/TBO at 20 ppm3057-30-1B 4.5 -- WA-2/Viscarin/TBO at 40 ppm3057-30-1C 4.5 -- WA-2/Viscarin at 2x/TBO at 40 ppm3057-30-1D 4.0 None WA-2/Viscarin at 2x/TBO at 80 ppm3057-30-2A 3.5 -- WA-2/Viscarin/TH at 20 ppm; Bath Unstable3057-30-3A 4.5 -- WA-2/Viscarin/MB at 18 ppm3057-30-3B 4.5 -- WA-2/Viscarin/MB at 40 ppm3057-30-3C 4.5 -- WA-2/Viscarin at 2x/MB at 40 ppm3057-30-3D 3.5 None WA-2/Viscarin at 2x/MB at 66 ppm3057-34-1 -- -- WA-2/Viscarin/TBO, TH, MB at 20 ppm each3057-30-4 -- -- WA-2/Viscarin Control__________________________________________________________________________ TABLE 65__________________________________________________________________________REFERENCE NO.: SRI Virucidal Studies Appendix 3, Support Documents, GDYES: TBO, MB, TH Date: March 16, 1994LIGHT EXPOSURE TIME: 15 min. Light Level: 2000 fcMICRORGANISM: HIV-1 suspended in Substrate - Walkisoft WA-2Whole Human Blood__________________________________________________________________________ 15 Minutes 15 Minutes LIGHT LIGHTSAMPLE ID LOG # % KILL COMMENTS__________________________________________________________________________ 3.5 Virus Titer3057-30-1A 1.0 99.6838 WA-2/Viscarin/TBO at 20 ppm3057-30-1D 0.5 .about. 99.9000 WA-2/Viscarin/TBO at 80 ppm3057-30-2A 0.5 .about. 99.9000 WA-2/Viscarin/TH at 20 ppm3057-30-3A 0.5 99.9000 WA-2/Viscarin/MB at 18 ppm3057-30-3D 0.5 .about. 99.9000 WA-2/Viscarin/MB at 66 ppm3057-34-1 0.5 .about. 99.9000 WA-2/Viscarin/TBO, TH, MB all at 20 ppm3057-30-4 3.7 No Kill WA-2/Viscarin Control Zero Time Control3057-30-4 4.2 No Kill WA-2/Viscarin (Zero Time) Control__________________________________________________________________________ TABLE 66__________________________________________________________________________REFERENCE NO.: SRI Virucidal Studies Appendix 3, Support Documents, JDYES: TBO, MB, TH Date: June 28, 1994LIGHT EXPOSURE TIME: 120 min. Light Level: 2000 fcMICROORGANISM: H9 Cells Chronically Infected Substrate - Walkisoft WA-2with HIV-1 in Whole Human Blood__________________________________________________________________________ 120 Minutes 120 Minutes LIGHT LIGHTSAMPLE ID LOG # % KILL COMMENTS__________________________________________________________________________ 3.7 Virus Titer3057-30-1A 2.7 90.0000 WA-2/Viscarin/TBO at 20 ppm3057-30-1D 1.3 99.6019 WA-2/Viscarin/TBO at 80 ppm3057-30-2A 1.7 99.0000 WA-2/Viscarin/TH at 20 ppm3057-30-3A 1.5 99.3690 WA-2/Viscarin/MB at 18 ppm3057-30-3D 0.5 .about. 99.9369 WA-2/Viscarin/MB at 66 ppm3057-34-1 1.7 99.0000 WA-2/Viscarin/TBO, TH, MB all at 20 ppm3057-30-4 3.0 80.0474 WA-2/Viscarin Control Zero Time Control3057-30-4 3.5 36.9043 WA-2/Viscarin (Zero Time) Control__________________________________________________________________________

Claims

1. A method of making a substrate that generates singlet oxygen having antimicrobial properties, said method comprising:

preparing a solution comprising a binding agent and a singlet-oxygen generating substance;

impregnating a base substrate with said solution to yield an impregnated substrate comprising a base substrate, a binder and a light-activatable singlet-oxygen-generating substance, and

drying said impregnated substrate to yield a singlet-oxygen-generating antimicrobial substrate;

said light-activatable, singlet-oxygen-generating substance being present in said singlet-oxygen-generating antimicrobial substrate in an amount and in a manner effective to maintain the light-activatable singlet-oxygen-generating substance able to generate singlet oxygen and to inactivate bacteria or viruses in the presence of light.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said binder is selected from the group consisting of polyether based hydrophilic polyurethane, polyquaternary amine chloride, cationic polyamine, cationic polyelectrolyte, carrageenan, sodium alginate and sodium carboxymethylcellulose.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said light-activatable singlet-oxygen-generating substance is an anionic dye or a cationic dye.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein an antimicrobial substrate so made comprises a light-activatable singlet-oxygen-generating substance present in an amount sufficient to inhibit the growth of bacteria selected from the group consisting of Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Enterobacter cloacae, Staphylococcus aureus, Enterococcus faecalis, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Salmonella typhimurium, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Serratia marcescens, Mycobacterium bovis, methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Proteus vulgaris.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein:

said base substrate is selected from the group consisting of paper, woven material, nonwoven material, film and fleece;

said nonwoven material is bonded or not bonded and comprises material selected from the group consisting of polyester, polyethylene, polypropylene, rayon, acrylic, cotton, woodpulp, regenerated cellulose and blends of any of the foregoing.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein:

said nonwoven material comprises cellulose fiber, and

said light-activatable singlet-oxygen-generating substance is selected from the group consisting of Toluidine Blue O, Thionin, Methylene Blue and Rose Bengal.

7. The method for making an antimicrobial substrate of claim 1, said method additionally comprising:

forming said antimicrobial substrate to have a form selected from the group consisting of washing cloths, wiping cloths, diapers, sanitary napkin covers, hospital gowns, surgical drapes, sheets, pillow cases, curtains, backing material for garments, table cloths, bed spreads, sponges and underpads.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein:

said singlet-oxygen-generating substance and said binder are present in said solution at a weight/weight ratio of between about 0.008 and about 0.016; and

said base substrate is impregnated so as to achieve between about 150% and about 160% wet add on.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein:

said singlet-oxygen-generating substance is present in said solution at a concentration of between about 0.01 micromolar and about 100 micromolar.