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Surgical Site Infections: Frequently Asked Questions

December 11, 2019
By Thomas E. Serena, MD, FACS Conceived in the operating theater and born in the home, surgical site infections (SSIs) reach maturity in the outpatient wound clinic. The woundologist, whether surgi...

Terms to Know: Biofilm and Inflammation

July 22, 2021
Biofilm: Colonies of multiphenotype, free-floating bacteria that secrete a polysaccharide matrix that protects the bacteria from immune response and antibiotics. Chronic wounds: Wounds that stall i...

Terms to Know: Complex Wound Management

February 28, 2021
Angiogenesis: The complex process in which the growth of normal, stable, and functional vessels is critically dependent on the coordinated interplay in space and time of different cell types and growt...

Terms to Know: Wound Bed Preparation

June 30, 2021
Anoxia: A condition marked by the absence of oxygen reaching the tissues. It differs from hypoxia, in which there is a decrease in the oxygen levels to tissue. Biocide tolerance: Demonstrating a to...

The Future of Bioactive Wound Care Dressings

April 12, 2016
By Cheryl Carver, LPN, WCC, CWCA, FACCWS, DAPWCA, CLTC The growing market for bioactive wound care products has been very interesting and exciting to me. I have been involved the past couple years ...

The Skin Microbiome: Factors Related to Wound Chronicity

December 31, 2018
by the WoundSource Editors The human skin microbiome is incredibly diverse and can contain up to one billion microorganisms on a single square centimeter, including bacteria, fungi, viruses, and a...

Timing of Wound Hygiene and Biofilm Intervention Strategies

December 31, 2022
It is estimated that between 2% and 6% of the global population currently live with wounds, a figure that is expected to increase as more people age. The cost of wound care in the United States is app...

Understanding Inflammatory Stage Stall

January 3, 2025
There are many reasons a wound may not continue on the expected healing trajectory, but a common reason, the presence of biofilm, may be difficult to spot....

Unveiling Fungal Biofilms in Chronic Wounds: More than Just Bacteria

December 20, 2023
As a physical barrier, the skin is teeming with various microorganisms that form the microbiome, such as fungi, bacteria, and viruses. The clinical understanding of the chronic wound microbiome contin...
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