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IV3000 semi-occlusive dressing use in simple and complex fingertip injuries: efficacy and affordability.

Journal of Wound Care, 2022
OBJECTIVE This study aimed to explore the efficacy of the IV3000 semi-occlusive, transparent adhesive film dressing in the non-surgical management of simple as well as more complex fingertip injuries.
C. Cheang   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Preventing caesarean section wound complications: use of a silver-impregnated antimicrobial occlusive dressing.

Journal of Wound Care, 2022
OBJECTIVE To investigate the role of an adherent soft silicone antimicrobial occlusive foam silver-impregnated dressing for reduction of surgical site infections (SSI) in primary low-transverse caesarean section (1°LTCS) delivery.
J. Goodman   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

HABITUATION TO OCCLUSIVE DRESSINGS

The Lancet, 1973
Abstract Eleven patients became habituated to occlusive bandages which had been applied many years before as therapy for either gravitational ulcers or eczema of the legs. Although the skin in all patients had returned to normal, it was impossible to persuade these patients to abandon their initial therapy.
K, Liddell, J A, Cotterill
openaire   +2 more sources

Wound infection under occlusive dressings

Journal of Hospital Infection, 1991
It is often supposed that occlusive dressings potentiate wound infection. However, even though heavy colonization by skin and wound flora is often seen under certain types of occlusion, clinical infection is not a frequent occurrence. Commensal wound flora consists of a variety of Gram-positive and Gram-negative organisms and fungi which do not appear ...
J J, Hutchinson, J C, Lawrence
openaire   +2 more sources

Occlusive Dressings

The Journal of Dermatologic Surgery and Oncology, 1993
background. Although occlusive dressings speed epithelization, reduce inflammation and tenderness, reduce the chance of infection, stimulate healing of chronic wounds, and produce less scarring, they are still underutilized by physicians and nurses. The principal reasons for their underutilization are fear of infection, the time needed for instructing
openaire   +2 more sources

Occlusive dressings and wound healing

Clinics in Dermatology, 1994
Abstract Over the last 15 years, there has been explosive growth in the use of occlusive dressings as an aid to wound healing. In 1980 synthetic wound dressings were rarely sold, whereas in 1987 it was estimated that $350 million was spent on these dressings.
T, Helfman, L, Ovington, V, Falanga
openaire   +2 more sources

Occlusive Dressings

Archives of Surgery, 1990
We studied the effect of different occlusive dressings and of air exposure on the growth of four pathogenic bacteria in wounds. Partial-thickness wounds on domestic pigs were inoculated with Staphylococcus aureus, Clostridium perfringens, Bacteroides fragilis, or Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
D A, Marshall   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

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