Although silver is highly effective at killing bacteria, it can also be toxic to humans in large amounts. That's where a new wound dressing is intended to come in, as it only releases its silver ...

Burns are among the most painful injuries a person can have. Now ConvaTec, a developer and marketer of medical technologies for community and hospital care, has introduced AQUACEL ® Ag BURN dressing, ...

One of the challenges in treating burn victims is the frequency of dressing changes, which can be extremely painful. Image Credit: University of Waterloo To bring relief to this and other problems, ...

Wound care uses specific dressings and hygiene to prevent wound infections. The wound care team assesses the healing progress of wounds daily. Wound care: When you are admitted to the burn unit, your ...

Receiving treatment for a burn wound is not quite easy, nor is it as painless as it may seem. In fact, the healing process of a burn wound is the real challenge awaiting a burn victim. This is because ...

The SurviveX Hydrogel Burn Dressings are sterile, 4" x 4" hydrogel pads infused with tea tree oil, designed for immediate first aid treatment of minor burns, scalds, sunburns, and thermal injuries.

ConvaTec has launched Aquacel Ag Burn Dressing, a soft, absorbent, non-woven wound dressing for the management of partial thickness burns (PTBs) and donor sites. Aquacel Ag Burn Dressing utilizes ...

Researchers have created a new type of wound dressing material using advanced polymers. This new dressing could enhance the healing process for burn patients and have potential applications for drug ...

One of the challenges in treating burn victims is the frequency of dressing changes, which can be extremely painful. To bring relief to this and other problems, University of Waterloo researchers have ...

In today’s environment of advanced medical treatments where high success rates are achieved in amazingly delicate operations that until recently weren’t thought possible, a staggering 70 percent of ...