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Ideas, comments and critiques!
Here are a few interesting ideas on wound infection taken from recently published papers and talks
REPLY TO OUR ARTICLE ON BIOFILMS
We are delighted to post a robust and interesting response from colleagues at ConvaTec Global Research and Development to our July article on Biofilms. This is exactly the dialogue that we wished for when we created this web site last year - many thanks!
Jenny Hurlow and Philip Bowler's recent article in Ostomy Wound Management (OWM 2009;55(4):38-49) highlights a distinction between biofilm and slough that is mentioned in the reply. Her abstract states that in a series of 4 clinical cases, "all patients presented with or developed a film on the wound bed that appeared to be distinct from slough. Although the slough in some of the wounds was easily removed with traditional debridement methods, removal of the film required physical disruption with a curette or dry gauze...considering the biofilm concept and available preclinical research, it is evident from this small case series that the appearance of biofilm in wounds is quite different from slough and required different management strategies for its control. The evolving biofilm paradigm couldprofoundly change approaches to wound management...
Download the response to our article from this section!
SILVER DRESSINGS:
"Logarithmic reduction tests are a powerful method for assessing silver antimicrobial efficacy in complex media. Logarithmic reduction tests can be used to generally predict clinical effectiveness" (Nadworny P, Burrell R. A review of assessment techniques for silver technology in wound care. Journal of Wound technology, October 2008, pp6-14)
