While there are a number of barriers to wound healing, addressing exudate, infection and biofilm is particularly important when managing slow-healing, static or deteriorating wounds. These barriers combine to increase the chronicity of a wound and must be tackled with innovative technologies...

 Incontinence-associated dermatitis (IAD) has a significant impact on the lives of the patients it affects. It poses a major healthcare challenge: it is difficult and time-consuming to treat and is a well-documented risk factor for pressure ulcer development. Current lack of standard...

 This Made Easy focuses on the challenge of dealing with infection, and how the use of polyhexamethylene biguanide (PHMB) can help. A new mode of delivery means that PHMB can now be delivered via foam dressing, combining the benefits of a traditional foam dressing with the antimicrobial...

 Soring UAW is an effective tool for wound debridement that can be easily integrated into treatment pathways for various chronic wound aetiologies as an integral part of wound bed preparation. This Made Easy outlines this unique approach to debridement, describing how it works to protect...

Biofilm research continues to grow and evolve at a rapid pace. It is clear that researchers are still trying to understand the impact of these tolerant microbial phenotypes on wounds. More data are required particularly in the testing of both old and new agents to understand the most effective...

 The impact of proteases on wound healing has been widely accepted for some time. This Made Easy discusses how combining technologies and materials to increase product functionality will ensure better outcomes for patients, as our understanding of chronic wound pathophysiology improves. For...

 Although the mere presence of bacteria in chronic wounds may not indicate active infection or impaired healing, there is a point at which bacteria do begin to inhibit healing, which can result in local or even systemic infection. This point of pathogenicity is when the bacteria start to...

 It is well documented that early diagnosis and intervention may contribute to pressure ulcer prevention, which is less costly that treatment. This Made Easy provides an overview of the SEM Scanner, a diagnostic tool that allows the user to ‘visualise pathology’ below the skin before...

This Made Easy introduces LumiHeal, a novel photobiomodulation (PBM) treatment that incorporates an LED lamp and photoconverter gel. New studies indicate that PBM may be particularly useful in the treatment of chronic wounds, positively affecting all stages of the wound healing process and improving...

Promoting healing in dry/low-exuding and sloughy wounds, which may be failing to progress as expected, can be challenging. This Made Easy will focus on how to manage these challenges, how dressing technologies can help to help to promote healing and introduce Cutimed® HydroControl dressings (BSN...