Biophysical Technologies for Management of Wound Bioburden

Roles of Physical Therapists in Wound Management, Part III: Select Biophysical Technologies and Management of Patients With Diabetic Foot Ulceration.

Silver dressings improve diabetic wound healing without reducing bioburden.

UNLABELLED Introduction. Silver dressings are widely used in the treatment of chronic wounds to reduce bacterial bioburden. However, little is known about the mechanism of silver ions on the healing process. In this study, a mouse model of wound healing was used to examine the effect of silver dressings in normal and diabetic wounds. METHODS Two 5-mm full-thickness wounds were created on t...

Flaminal®: a novel approach to wound bioburden control

Modern wound management requires that systematic assessment and treatment approaches be adopted in order to address the needs of the wound in a logical way. The frameworks of wound bed preparation using the TIME acronym (Dowsett and Ayello, 2004) and Applied Wound Management (Gray et al, 2006) are two such systems. Both require the assessment and management of the tissues in the wound (e.g. slo...

Introducing a Project Management Framework for Transfer of Technologies

This paper aims at emphasizing the importance of establishing a Project Management (PM) system in Technology Transfer (TT) processes and developing a conceptual framework for it. TT is an important process in Technology Management affairs for all enterprises.  Most of the time, lack of a particular concentration on technical, commercial and legal aspects of TT process, leads to mismanagement of...

Pre-clinical Evaluation of a New Antimicrobial Enzyme for the Control of Wound Bioburden.

 A new, optimized, antimicrobial enzyme system was developed for the control of wound bioburden. This Glucose oxidase-Lactoperoxidase-Guaiacol (GLG) system was analyzed for antimicrobial activity and cytotoxicity. The susceptibility of a wide range of antibiotic-resistant bacterial strains to the GLG-enzyme system was analyzed using minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC90), minimum bactericid...