JP2000024054A - Sheet for care giving - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make a sheet slide a patient better and reduce load on a care giver by composing a specific wt.% range of cloth of synthetic fiber comprising at least one of polyethylene resin, polyphenylene sulfide resin, and fluororesin. SOLUTION: A part 30-100 wt.% of cloth of this sheet for care giving is composed of synthetic fiber comprising at least one of polyethylene resin, polyphenylene sulfide resin, and fluororesin. Thereby, the friction resistance between a patient and a bed in moving the bed-ridden aged, etc., from a bed or mattress can be reduced to improve sliding performance. When the part is lower than 30 wt.%, the sliding performance is not improved. By this constitution, load on a care giver can be reduced.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a bed sheet for nursing care used as a bedding for a long-term sick patient or a bedridden elderly person who needs nursing care at a hospital or home.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when moving a patient to a bathing place or the like in the care of a bedridden elderly person or the like, conventionally, a plurality of persons hold the patient and move it to a wheelchair or the like, or wrap the entire body of the patient with a cloth. Alternatively, a method has been adopted in which the body is lifted and moved by a strap or the like passed under the patient's body. However, as is well known, the work of handing a cloth or a strap or the like under a sleeping patient's body, lifting and moving them on a pulley or the like requires a great deal of effort by a caregiver, and causes problems such as back pain. There was such a problem. In addition, there has been a problem that the lifted patient slips off the strap or the like.

As means for solving these problems, Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. Hei 8-80319 discloses a pajamas-shaped garment body wrapping the upper and lower sides of a body, which is attached at right angles to the body and suspended by a hanging tool. There has been proposed a nursing garment comprising a cloth piece provided with a part. However, in the technique described in the publication, by lifting the body using a cloth piece attached to the nursing clothing and moving the patient, the problem that the lifted patient slides down from a strap or the like is solved, The caregiver's labor involved in lifting was not reduced.

As a method of moving the patient without lifting it, there is a method of moving the patient by sliding it on a bed. General nursing sheets include those that have a waterproofing function to prevent the futon from getting wet when a patient such as a long-term sick caregiver or bedridden elderly is incontinent, or the bed becomes stuffy due to incontinence or sweating In order to prevent bacteria from multiplying and causing skin diseases and the like, there are some which use an antibacterial fiber material or the like. Also,
According to Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-80030, about 60 to 80% of the antimicrobial property imparting fiber is used, which is excellent in bulkiness, substantially retains a three-dimensional fiber structure with strong stiffness and has no sagging. A bedsore prevention mat has been proposed in which an uneven pattern is formed on at least one entire surface, and the uneven pattern provided on the mat prevents the bedsore by dispersing the pressure resistance of the patient. However, such conventional nursing sheets have poor slipperiness with sleeping patients,
When the patient is moved, the caregiver requires a great deal of labor, which causes a problem such as a backache.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above-mentioned drawbacks of the prior art, the present invention improves the slipperiness of a patient with respect to sheets when the patient is slid on a bed without lifting. It is an object of the present invention to provide a sheet for nursing care that can reduce the burden on a caregiver.

[0006]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a care sheet according to the present invention comprises 30% by weight or more of a cloth.
A synthetic fiber composed of at least one resin selected from the group consisting of polyethylene resin, polyphenylene sulfide (hereinafter abbreviated as PPS) resin, and fluorine resin is used in an amount of not more than 00% by weight.

[0007]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The present invention will be specifically described below.

[0008] In the care sheet of the present invention, 30% by weight or more and 100% by weight or less of the cloth are polyethylene resin, PPS.
It is composed of a synthetic fiber made of at least one of resin and fluorine resin. Thereby, when moving a bedridden elderly patient from a bed or a futon,
Since the frictional resistance between the patient and the bed is low and the slipperiness is good, the burden on the caregiver can be reduced.

As mentioned above, the synthetic fibers constituting the sheets must contain at least 30% by weight of the fabric weight.
Preferably, when the content is 50% by weight or more, a care sheet having excellent slipperiness can be obtained. 30 synthetic fibers made of at least one of the polyethylene resin, the PPS resin, and the fluorine resin contained in the fabric;
When the amount is less than the weight%, no improvement is seen in the slipperiness as compared with the conventional sheets, and the labor of the caregiver cannot be reduced.

Here, the polyethylene fiber used in the present invention is a fiber composed of a polymer of ethylene. Preferably, a high-density polyethylene fiber having a molecular weight of 3,000,000 or more, which is more excellent in slipperiness, is preferable. Also, the PPS used in the present invention
90% or more of the structural unit is-(C6H4-S)
And a fiber comprising a polymer containing a phenylene sulfide structural unit. The fluororesin fiber used in the present invention may be any fiber as long as 90% of the repeating structural units of the polymer are made of a resin having one or more fluorine atoms in a main chain or a side chain. However, a fiber having a larger number of fluorine atoms is more preferable. Also,
Fibers mixed with other polymers and additives may be used as long as the effects of the present invention are not impaired. Among the above-mentioned fibers, it is preferable to use synthetic fibers made of fluororesin in order to obtain sheets having excellent slipperiness. Among them, polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) resin having the lowest friction coefficient is preferable. The fibers to be contained in addition to the above-mentioned fibers are not particularly limited, and other synthetic fibers made of polyamide resin, polyester resin, or the like, or natural fibers such as cotton, hemp, silk, or antibacterial imparting fibers, etc. Can be raised. In addition, the method of mixing is not particularly limited, and examples thereof include cross weaving, cotton blending, and twisting.

The fabric of the present invention includes woven fabric, knitted fabric, non-woven fabric,
Alternatively, it refers to all sheet-like fibers made of fibers such as webs, but preferably, the fabric used in the present invention is a woven fabric or a nonwoven fabric in terms of durability.
More preferably, a woven fabric is preferable in order to obtain a more slippery fabric. By using a fabric as a woven fabric, a large amount of specific fibers can be exposed on the surface of the woven fabric, and the slipperiness of the fabric can be further improved.

As a woven fabric that exposes a large amount of specific fibers to the surface of the woven fabric, it is preferable that the number of warp yarns and weft yarns forming one complete structure of the woven fabric is three or more. Here, one complete structure of the woven fabric is the minimum unit of the woven structure, and the woven fabric is formed by repeating this one complete structure. By making the number of warp and weft yarns constituting one complete structure of the woven fabric three or more, for example, in a fabric using fibers having the same fiber diameter in the warp / weft direction, a specific fiber Can be exposed. The fibers exposed to about two-thirds of the surface area of the cloth include the above-mentioned polyethylene resin,
By using a fiber made of at least one kind of resin among the PPS resin and the fluorine-based resin, a care sheet having good slipperiness can be obtained. The woven structure is not particularly limited, but a twill woven fabric is preferable in order to expose a large number of specific fibers on the surface of the fabric.

The air permeability of the fabric of the present invention is not particularly limited, but may be JIS L1096 6.27.
It is preferably 15 cc / cm ² / sec or more by one method. More preferably, 20 cc / cm ² / sec is good. When the air permeability of the fabric is less than 15 cc / cm ² / sec, the air permeability of the fabric is small and the patient tends to feel uncomfortable, such as the inside of the floor being steamed by sweat or the like of the patient.

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Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described. In this case, the performance evaluation regarding the slipperiness of the nursing sheet is:
It went as follows.

A test was conducted in which three men weighing 55 kg, 69 kg, and 82 kg were subjects, and ten examiners slid the subjects lying on their backs on a nursing sheet by about 50 cm sideways and moved them. The degree of fatigue of the tester at that time was set as one point that felt the least, and the points were sequentially scored as two points, three points, and the total score of ten subjects for three subjects was compared as the slip property evaluation, Those having a total of 65 or less slipperiness were determined to be within the scope of the present invention (Examples). The testers were divided into two groups of men and women in their twenties, one group of men and women in their thirties, two men in their forties, and two men in their fifties.

Further, the air permeability of the fabric is determined according to JIS L109.
6 Tested according to 6.27.1 method.

Example 1 40 ^S (35% by weight of PTFE fiber, polyester fiber 6
(5% by weight) of a polyester PTFE blended yarn, a plain woven fabric having a weaving density of 170 yarns / inch and a width of 140 yarns / inch was produced. The PTFE fiber weight in the fabric in this case is 35% by weight.

Example 2 Using long fibers of PTFE fiber ("Toyoflon" manufactured by Toray Fine Chemical Co., Ltd.) having an average fineness of 400 D and a number of filaments of 60, the weave density was 115 / inch and the weft was 110 / inch. A woven fabric was created. In this case, the weight of the PTFE fiber in the fabric is 100% by weight.
It is.

Example 3 Using long fibers of PTFE fiber ("Toyoflon" manufactured by Toray Fine Chemical Co., Ltd.) having an average fineness of 400 D and a number of filaments of 60, the weaving density was 115 / inch and the width was 65 / inch. / 1 Twill fabric was prepared. In this case, the weight of the PTFE fiber in the fabric is 100% by weight.

Example 4 A long fiber of PTFE fiber having an average fineness of 400 D and a number of filaments of 60 ("Toyoflon" manufactured by Toray Fine Chemical Co., Ltd.) and a cotton fiber of 40/2 ^S were used.
PTFE fiber in the warp yarn and PT in the weft yarn in the ratio of 5: 5
Using a FE fiber and a cotton fiber, a 3/1 twill fabric was produced at a weaving density of 120 / inch and a width of 80 / inch.
In this case, the weight of PTFE occupying 1 m square of the fabric is about 85% by weight.

Example 5 A 3/1 twill fabric having a weaving density of 120 / inch and a width of 70 / inch was prepared using long fibers of PPS fiber having an average fineness of 200D and a number of filaments of 50. In this case, the weight of the PPS fiber in the fabric is 100% by weight.

Example 6 A 3/1 twill woven fabric having a weaving density of 100 yarns / inch and a width of 55 yarns / inch was prepared using long fibers of high density polyethylene fibers having an average fineness of 400D and 40 filaments. In this case, the weight of the high-density polyethylene fiber in the fabric is 100% by weight.

Example 7 A nonwoven fabric having a basis weight of 55 g / m ² was prepared by a flash spinning method using a high-density polyethylene resin. In this case, the weight of the high-density polyethylene fiber in the fabric is 100% by weight.
It is.

Comparative Example 1 A 3/1 twill woven fabric having a weave density of 100 / inch and a width of 70 / inch was prepared using long fibers of nylon fibers having an average fineness of 400D and 40 filaments. In this case, the weight of the polyethylene fiber, the PPS fiber, and the fluororesin fiber in the fabric is 0% by weight.

Comparative Example 2 Using a 40/2 ^S cotton fiber, a 3/1 twill fabric was produced at a woven density of 90 pcs / inch and a width of 55 pcs / inch. In this case, the weight of the polyethylene fiber, the PPS fiber, and the fluororesin fiber in the fabric is 0% by weight.

Table 1 below shows the results of the above-mentioned evaluation of the slipperiness of the care sheets prepared in Examples 1 to 7 and Comparative Examples 1 and 2.

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[Table 1] As can be seen in the above table, the ones in the examples are
It has been found that it is better to use a synthetic fiber composed of at least one of a polyethylene-based resin, a PPS resin, and a fluorine-based resin in an amount of 0 to 100% by weight. This sheet can reduce the burden of moving a sleeping person as compared to the comparative example created as a conventional nursing sheet as shown in the above table. Also,
It was also excellent in air permeability, and could be used in the same manner as conventional sheets without causing discomfort to the patient in actual use.

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The nursing sheet according to the present invention uses a synthetic fiber composed of at least one resin selected from the group consisting of polyethylene resin, polyphenylene sulfide resin, and fluororesin in an amount of 30% to 100% by weight of the fabric. Therefore, when moving a patient such as a bedridden elderly person from a bed or a futon, the care sheet can be obtained which can reduce the burden on the caregiver.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A fabric according to claim 1, wherein 30% by weight or more and 100% by weight or less of the fabric are made of synthetic fibers made of at least one of polyethylene resin, polyphenylene sulfide resin and fluorine resin. Nursing sheets. 2. The synthetic fiber content is at least 50% by weight of the fabric.
The care sheet according to claim 1, wherein the content is 0% by weight or less. 3. The care sheet according to claim 1, wherein the cloth is a woven or non-woven fabric. 4. The care sheet according to claim 3, wherein the number of warp yarns and weft yarns forming one complete design of the woven fabric is three or more.