Participants were inpatients of a tertiary referral hospital in Brisbane, Australia. Eligible patients with a stage II–IV PU, either existing on admission or acquired during admission, were identified...
An early review noted that health technology evolves rapidly and found few studies demonstrating impacts on patient outcomes.2 Health technology's rate of change is increasing, with implications for...
Using a imaging device has a number of advantages in the outpatient wound care clinic setting. It is simple to use, requiring little training and can be used by all health professionals. It has been...
Any decision regarding wound debridement should be part of a holistic patient assessment. This assessment should consider the person's general condition, prognosis, health, and wishes. If, for...
Before initiating this study with human subjects, approval was obtained from Western Institutional Review Board (Washington, US). Written consent was obtained for the use of all details and...
Food and Drug Administration classification of wound dressings1.
The NIS database, developed for the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), is maintained by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). It is the largest publicly-available...
The concept of biofilm in human health and disease is now universally accepted.7 Biofilms are communities of bacteria, that have diverse characteristics, these include communication with other...
Existing technologies directed to the treatment of biofilms are intended to either penetrate the EPS that encapsulates the bacteria in a biofilm, or use dispersing agents, which typically target a...
Wound infection is defined as the presence of microbes in the wound, which multiply and cause a host reaction either locally, in surrounding tissues, or systemically.6 This host reaction is manifested...
Biofilms are now a major area of research for both clinicians and scientists. This research has increased significantly in the past decade due to advancements in emerging technologies and techniques...
‘Today, debridement refers to deeply removing adherent, dead or contaminated tissue from a wound and must be clearly separated from the act of cleansing, defined as the removal of dirt (loose...