speaking the treated surface of the germicidal surface covering assembly would be outward or exterior facing and away from the skin contacting surface such as a lining of a garment or article although internal compositions work well also the purpose of this orientation is to address the indirect transmission or the contact transfer of pathogens the material may have a natural and significant elasticity or may be a material with low elastic stretchability or memory such as a tightly woven fabric with less than 5 elastic elongation or a loosely woven fabric with 15 20 elongation in at least one direction the elongation may also be created by the elastic nature of the fabric composition itself or by added elements such as elastic edges or inserts taughtness in an applied position may be also provided in whole or in part by fabric closure systems such as ties belts velour and crochet e g velcro u2122 attachments and adhesive generally speaking nonwoven materials treated with the germicidal compositions may even largely maintain their liquid barrier properties when segregated to the surface of the materials as the moisture flow through the fabric may wet or moisten the carrier which is preferably in addition to the fabric structural material and acts as a moisture holder or even liquid pasty film forming layer actively supporting and presenting the antimicrobial agent it is believed that by means of controlling the topical placement of the antimicrobial composition in which the agents are confined to the outermost or top spunbond layer of a substrate for instance one can enhance the creation of a liquid conduit or liquid.