Biofilm

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

By Matthew Regulski, DPM One of the most difficult challenges in wound care today is deciding exactly which treatments to use. Due to the high inaccuracy of wound evaluation techniques, specificall...

By Bruce E. Ruben MD According to the American Hospital Association, over 36 million patients are admitted to hospitals every year. Presumably, these patients go to hospitals to get well, but one i...

by the WoundSource Editors Identifying and managing biofilms have become two of the most important aspects of wound care. Biofilms can have a significant impact on wound healing, by contributing to...

As scientists and researchers have delved deeper into the causes of wounds and wound chronicity, matrix metalloproteinases, or MMPs, have come into sharper focus. MMPs are not just present in chronic ...

Wound healing can stall for a number of reasons. Wounds that have not healed or significantly reduced in size after four to six weeks are considered chronic. They are characterized by a multitude of i...

By Michel H.E. Hermans, MD The 2014 SAWC Fall conference took place in October in Las Vegas. As always, it was good to see colleagues, share thoughts and stories, stroll through the exhibition area...