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Table 3. Number of garments chafing or showing wear over 6 days of use.
n la
Kleenguard
2 3 4 5 6 1 2
Cotton
3 4 5 6
Upper garment
Chafed 7 8 8 8 8 9 1 1 1 7 7 8
Tornorsplit 2 4 6 8 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total affected 10 9 10 10 10 10 10 2 2 2 7 7 8
Trousers
Chafed
Torn or split
6
0
8
0
7
2
10
3d
9
1d
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oe
1
0
0
0
1
0
4
0
6
0
bc
0
Total affected 10 6 8 8 10 9 10 1 0 1 4 6 10
a Day of permeation assessment; new garments were issued on day 2.
b Mostly showed severe chafing.
Mostly slight chafing.
d Two pairs trousers replaced at start of day.
One pair treusers replaced at start of day.
The mean permeation value for the Kleenguard garments on day I of the main
study (41.8%) was similar to that found during the prestudy (37.7%) (Table 4).
The mean permeation value for the cotton garments (18%) was significantly
lower than that of the Kleenguard garments (p < 0.01). After 6 days of wear,
including daily washing, the permeation values of the two sets of protective
garments had not increased and, in fact, were somewhat lower than on day 1.
Permeation of the cotton garments was still significantly lower than that for
the Kleenguard garments on day 6 (p