biofilm

Enabling Aggressive Surgical Debridement and Healing in a 10 year old Decubitus Ulcer with a Novel Self-Assembling Peptide-based Advanced Wound Dressing

Frequent debridement and surface management are the most important techniques for achieving better outcomes in chronic wounds, which are chronic infections caused by surface-associated ba...

Daniel Wadsworth , MS;

01/28/2021

Beating Biofilm with Hypochlorous Acid Instillation with Negative Pressure Wound Therapy

Biofilm and the bacterial burden have been recognized as impediments to wound progression. The use of negative pressure wound therapy with instillation and dwell time (NPWTi-d) has gained...

Krista Bauer (Montgomery) , RN, WCC, OMS;

Kari Day , RN, BSN, WCC;

Denise Gilmore , BSN, RN, CWON, CFCN;

Ashley L. Wardman , LPN;

Kurt Holifield , RN, BSN, WCC, OMS;

Michael N. Desvigne , MD, FACS, CWS, FACCWS;

01/28/2021

Ag Oxysalts™ Technology: Effectiveness Against Group C and G Streptococcus Infections

Dressings containing Ag Oxysalts™ Technology (Ag7NO11), which release silver ions at high oxidative states (Ag+ Ag2+ Ag3+), have demonstrated their ability to kill a broad spectrum of bac...

Helen Thomason ;

Charlotte Byrne , BSc;

01/28/2021

Ag Oxysalts™ Technology: Effectiveness Against Fungal Species

Polymicrobial wound infections are a significant cause of delayed healing. The majority of research into wound infections has focused on bacterial infections; however, molecular analysis ...

Charlotte Byrne , BSc;

Helen Thomason ;

01/28/2021

Initial Experience Using a Broad Spectrum Antimicrobial Wound Gel to Disrupt Biofilm Integrity and Bacterial Recolonization in Diabetic Foot Ulcers

A broad spectrum antimicrobial wound gel* with a polyethylene glycol-based hydrogel, a high osmolarity solution and a surfactant has been developed to bring EPS into solution and lyse enc...

Robert J. Klein , DPM, FACFAS, CWS;

01/28/2021

Beating Biofilm with Hypochlorous Acid Instillation with Negative Pressure Wound Therapy

Biofilm and the bacterial burden have been recognized as impediments to wound progression. The use of negative pressure wound therapy with instillation and dwell time (NPWTi-d) has gained...

Michael N. Desvigne , MD, FACS, CWS, FACCWS;

Denise Gilmore , BSN, RN, CWON, CFCN;

Ashley L. Wardman , LPN;

Kurt Holifield , RN, BSN, WCC, OMS;

Krista Bauer (Montgomery) , RN, WCC, OMS;

Kari Day , RN, BSN, WCC;

11/23/2020