The Role of Wound Dressing in Biofilm Destruction and Reformation
Tunuković, S.
Acta Medica Croatica Casopis Hravatske Akademije Medicinskih Znanosti 70(1): 43-47
2016
ISSN/ISBN: 1330-0164 PMID: 27220189 Document Number: 690616
Application of supportive wound dressing is an important segment for successful result of modern treatment of chronic ulcers. The right choice of dressing is the key to faster, better, and ultimately more cost-effective treatment outcome. Due to the extremely large number of generic types and variants, the main element for proper dressing selection is to know the mechanisms of action and clinical evidence of the effectiveness because of many local factors that delay ulcer healing. The advent of wound dressing that is efficient at the three clinically identified key local factors that largely impede the healing of ulcers, i.e. exudate, infection and biofilm, has made a significant step forward in the creation of optimal conditions for faster healing of chronic ulcers. The complexity of the effects of new technologies, which integrate hidrofiber technology and Ag + technology, provides effective antimicrobial control while at the same time preventing biofilm reformation.