Chapter 1: Textile materials and structures for health and well-being – An Overview -- Chapter 2: Antimicrobial Textiles -- Chapter 3: Health and hygiene care textiles -- Chapter 4: Masks and respirators for nonmedical applications -- Chapter 5: Masks and respirators for medical applications -- Chapter 6: Textile Materials for Air-Purifiers and Cleanroom -- Chapter 7: Textile Materials for Water Purification -- Chapter 8: Textile material based coveralls -- Chapter 9: Personal protective gloves -- Chapter 10: Bandages -- Chapter 11: Textile based wound dressings -- Chapter 12: Surgical Sutures -- Chapter 13: Advancements in implantable medical textile materials -- Chapter 14: Extracorporeal Devices: Artificial Kidney -- Chapter 15: Weaving the Future: Exploring Electromagnetic Shielding Textiles -- Chapter 16: Thermal protective wear -- Chapter 17: E- Textiles and Wearables for Healthcare -- Chapter 18: Herbal Infusions: Weaving Nature's Pharmacy into Textiles -- Chapter 19: Scope of sustainable materials in medical textiles.

This book explores the application of latest technologies such as nanotechnology, composite technology, biotechnology in textile materials for health-related applications. It further discusses different types of textiles and their application in the areas of health, safety and well-being. Various topics covered in this book are, medical textiles, filtration textiles, protective textiles, thermal protective wear, intelligent textiles and many more. The book also deals with air and water filtration textiles and textile-based personal protective equipments. This book will be of interest for students, researchers and professionals working in the area of textile engineering, materials, biomedical engineering, defense, healthcare and other allied fields.