Healthcare textiles

A single layered nonwoven fabric comprising about 5% by weight to about 95% by weight non-scoured, non-bleached greige cotton fibers, about 5% by weight to about 95% by weight bleached cotton fibers, and about 5% by weight to about 60% by weight hydrophobic fibers, all percentages adding up to 100 wt %, wherein said nonwoven fabric is produced by a process comprising:

• (a) preparing needle punched webs of the fibers,
• (b) uniformly hydroentangling said webs using a system wherein said system is equipped with one low water pressure jet head that wets said webs on the top face of said webs to form a wetted substrate and wherein said system is equipped with two high water pressure jet heads that subsequently alternatively wets said wetted substrate on either face of said wetted substrate, wherein said system utilizes an about 23 mesh to about 17 mesh screen, and
• (c) drying said wetted substrate to form said fabric.

A multi-layered nonwoven wound dressing, comprising at least one inner layer containing about 50% by weight to about 95% by weight non-scoured, non-bleached greige cotton fibers and about 5% by weight to about 50% by weight hydrophobic fibers, all percentages adding up to 100 wt %, and at least one outer layer containing about 5% by weight to about 95% by weight non-scoured, non-bleached greige cotton fibers, about 5% by weight to about 95% by weight bleached cotton fibers, and about 5% by weight to about 60% by weight hydrophobic fibers, all percentages adding up to 100 wt %.

A single layered nonwoven fabric comprising about 5% by weight to about 95% by weight non-scoured, non-bleached greige cotton fibers, and about 5% by weight to about 95% by weight bleached cotton fibers, all percentages adding up to 100 wt %.