Infection
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Editorials And Reports Resources
The human cost of living with a wound VIEW PDF
June Issue 3 Volume 2Time does indeed fly. It seems an age ago that I was in Cape Town attending a roundtable discussion, which was part of a project aimed at providing consensus on patient wellbeing. In fact, the conference only took place in January 2011, but the flood of developments...
Day in the life
Wounds International Vol 2 Issue 1Each issue of Wounds International features a typical day in the life of a different wound care clinician from around the world. This series looks at the variety of techniques that are required in different settings and asks clinicians about the type of conditions...
It is time to focus on surgical site infection
Wounds International, Vol 1, Issue 5Surgical site infection is both life-threatening and preventable, says Professor David Leaper. So where is all the research?
- Biofilms: hard to detect, easy to underestimate, but most definitely here to stay VIEW PDF
Biofilms are found in most natural environments and are probably the most common form of microbial existence. They are relatively stable, three-dimensional communities of microbial cells encased in a complex mixture of extracellular polymers. Biofilms normally...
