Biofilm and Infected Wounds

By Janet Wolfson, PT, CLWT, CWS, CLT-LANA As I was commuting in to work a few Saturdays ago, I listened to The People’s Pharmacy on NPR. The topic was non-pharmacological treatment of infection, so...

By Lydia A. Meyers RN, MSN, CWCN Wound infections are discussed in the media and are a major reason for admission into the hospital. With the importance in health care today to decrease costs, I wa...

The concept of wound hygiene has grown traction recently as clinicians increasingly adopt an antibiofilm-oriented approach to wound care. Despite the increase in recognition of wound hygiene as a four...

A recent study assessed the effects of 4 different bioactive wound healing materials against 3 prevalent bacterial pathogens associated with chronic wounds to identify potentially optimal wound dressi...

Centuries ago, science took a back seat to superstition. Infectious diseases were seen as a sign of supernatural powers or the wrath of God. We now know that it was smallpox that led to the downfall o...

By Jeffrey M. Levine MD, AGSF, CWS-P You are looking at an amazing image of a dime-sized biofilm of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, grown and photographed by Scott Chimileski – a biologist, photographer, a...

Wound bed preparation is vital to treating biofilm. Resistant to antibiotic treatment, biofilm not only stalls the healing process of chronic wounds but also puts patients at greater risk for amputati...

For clinicians across acute, post-acute, and community settings, few topics in wound care create more uncertainty than biofilm. In this blog, we debunk common myths with current evidence and offer pra...

As a cost-effective alternative to topical antibiotics, silver is now widely available in wound dressings. However, what does silver really do within the wound bed? Silver uses a multifaceted approach...

Urinary catheters serve several purposes, including monitoring urine output, relieving urinary retention, and facilitating diagnosis of disease in the lower urinary tract. These catheters can be inser...