1. Chronic wound bed preparation using a cleansing solution
- Author
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Keith Hilston, Maria Hughes, Johanna M Jandrisits, Edwin Chamanga, and Ann Sparke
- Subjects
Chronic wound ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Bioburden ,Wound care ,Wound bed preparation ,Medicine ,Humans ,Wound cleansing ,General Nursing ,Aged ,Aged, 80 and over ,integumentary system ,business.industry ,Middle Aged ,Surgery ,Clinical Practice ,Solutions ,Debridement ,Biofilms ,Chronic Disease ,Wounds and Injuries ,Female ,medicine.symptom ,business ,Disinfectants - Abstract
Chronic wound management remains challenging in clinical practice, especially in the presence of bacterial bioburden and slough. To resolve these clinical challenges, it is essential clinicians implement the TIME framework (tissue, inflammation/infection, moisture, edge of wound) as a model of effective wound bed preparation. As a result of advances in technology and wound care therapies, on the market today are products that can help reduce the wound bed clinical challenges recommended by the TIME framework. This article looks at a wound cleansing solution that reduces the wound bed bioburden by breaking down biofilms and debriding slough.
- Published
- 2015