This article, the second in a two-part series on asepsis, provides a step-by-step guide to using an aseptic technique to change a simple wound dressing, applying the principles of asepsis discussed in ...

"... to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded." - Ralph Waldo Emerson The quest for the "ultimate" wound dressing ...

BATH, England, Nov. 16 (UPI) --Testing for infection with burn patients can be slow and increases the risk for further infection. A wound dressing that reacts to infection by changing color could help ...

Once upon a time, even a simple cut or scrape could be a death sentence. Before germ theory and today’s scientific understanding of medicine, infections ran rampant and took many lives. While we’re ...

At Columbus Community Hospital’s Wound, Ostomy and Continence (W.O.C.) Health Center, we care for both acute and chronic wounds. A wound is a disruption of the normal structure and function of the ...

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 ...

Researchers describe an experimental approach to wound healing that could take advantage of silver's anti-bacterial properties, while sidestepping the damage silver can cause to cells needed for ...