Wound care uses specific dressings and hygiene to prevent wound infections. The wound care team assesses the healing progress of wounds daily. Wound care: When you are admitted to the burn unit, your ...

I would like to thank each of you for reading this wound care column. As a foundation to heading into the rest of 2015, here is a review of the basic wound care principles. – Create a moist wound bed.

A few years back, Mary Madison’s husband developed a pressure injury caused by sitting for long periods behind the wheel of a city bus. Her many years as a long-term care director of nursing and most ...

Biomedical engineers from Brown University have developed a new wound dressing material that releases antibiotic drugs only when harmful bacteria are present in a wound. In the new study, published in ...

A nanocellulose wound dressing that can reveal early signs of infection without interfering with the healing process has been developed. A nanocellulose wound dressing that can reveal early signs of ...

The dressing combines several technologies to minimise leakage, reduce dressing changes, and protect vulnerable skin.

The Grande Ronde Hospital (GRH) Wound Clinic, located at 700 Sunset Dr., Suite F, has experienced significant growth over the past 15 years, evolving from a single-room clinic in the SurgiCenter that ...

Patching up wounds is one of the more basic services provided by healthcare, and the need for wound dressings is increasing. The problem, according to a new OptumRx report, is that manufacturers have ...

Smith+Nephew (LSE:SN, NYSE:SNN), the global medical technology company, recently announced the launch of ALLEVYN♢ COMPLETE ...

Wound healing is a combination of dynamic events with the aim of promoting new tissue formation and restoring normal anatomical function. For a wound to heal effectively, the dynamic events should ...

This evidence summary discusses the best available evidence for advanced wound dressings and antimicrobial dressings for managing common chronic wounds (diabetic foot ulcers, pressure ulcers, venous ...