OBJECTIVE Major catheter-related infection includes catheter-related bloodstream infections and clinical sepsis without bloodstream infection resolving after catheter removal with a positive quantitative tip culture. Insertion site dressings are a major mean to reduce catheter infections by the extraluminal route. However, the importance of dressing disruptions in the occurrence of major cathet...

BACKGROUND Skin grafting is a frequent surgical procedure used to reconstruct a soft-tissue deficit. Tie-over bolster dressing is the traditional technique made to fix the graft to the recipient area. This dressing does not always provide satisfactory results in some difficult body areas, with poor skin graft taking as an outcome. Here, we used a soft "polyurethane sponge" as a compressive tool...

OBJECTIVE To determine if the experimental (keratin-based) dressing accelerates epithelialization rates during healing of partial-thickness wounds, relative to a Standard Care dressing. METHOD A randomized control trial was conducted using a Standard Care dressing side by side with the experimental dressing on a sample (n=26) of partial-thickness donor site wounds. The proximal/distal placeme...

Split-thickness skin grafting (SSG) is a common reconstructive technique for the treatment of patients with deep burns and other traumatic injuries. The management of the donor site after harvesting an SSG remains controversial because of a variety of dressings available for use. The aim of this randomized controlled trial was to compare the effectiveness of a polyurethane dressing, Allevyn™, t...

UNLABELLED xBxxaxcxkground. In addition to prevention guidelines already in place, the effectiveness of an antimicrobial dressing on the occurrence of surgical site infections (SSIs) among adult patients undergoing cardiac surgery was evaluated. METHODS A house-wide replacement of the plain postoperative gauze dressing with a sterile dressing impregnated with 0.2% polyhexamethylene biguanide ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the acceptability, tolerance and efficacy of Urgotul wound dressing in the management of epidermolysis bullosa (EB) skin lesions. METHOD This was an open-label uncontrolled clinical trial involving 20 patients (I I adults and nine children) with EB simplex or dystrophic EB. Patients were selected from the register of EB patients at the investigating centre and included i...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the protection and acceptability of Urgotul wound dressing in the local management of acute or chronic wounds receiving topical negative pressure (TNP) therapy. METHOD This was a prospective multicentre non-comparative open-label trial. At each dressing change the investigating physician clinically evaluated and photographed the wound. Planimetric measurement was underta...

Pain has always been a major issue during dressing changes in patients with both acute and chronic wounds. Patients describe wound-related pain as all-encompassing and one of the most devastating aspects of living with a chronic wound (Price et al, 2008). The European Wound Management Association (EWMA) position document, Pain at Wound Dressing Changes (Moffat et al, 2002) identified dressing r...

The relationship between constructional apraxia and body scheme disorders and failure of post-cerebral vascular accident (CVA) patients to achieve independence in upper extremity dressing was investigatged in this study. One hundred and one subjects with right- and left-CVA were given tests that measured body scheme dysfunction and constructional apraxia on admission to an inpatient rehabilitat...

Aims: To evaluate a new polyhexamethylene biguanide (PHMB) foam dressing for inclusion in the specialist dressing section of a trust’s wound management formulary. Methods: KendallTM AMD (Covidien) antimicrobial foam dressing’s use was reviewed through a retrospective evaluation of patients who had been treated with the dressing. Data was collected from the medical and nursing notes of 25 patien...