One of the challenges in treating burn victims is the frequency of dressing changes, which can be extremely painful. Image Credit: University of Waterloo To bring relief to this and other problems, ...

Wound care uses specific dressings and hygiene to prevent wound infections. The wound care team assesses the healing progress of wounds daily. Wound care: When you are admitted to the burn unit, your ...

Although silver is highly effective at killing bacteria, it can also be toxic to humans in large amounts. That's where a new wound dressing is intended to come in, as it only releases its silver ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Burn injuries are one of the major global health problems. As per a recent report of World Health Organization (WHO), every year 195,000 people from all over the world die because ...

ConvaTec has launched Aquacel Ag Burn Dressing, a soft, absorbent, non-woven wound dressing for the management of partial thickness burns (PTBs) and donor sites. Aquacel Ag Burn Dressing utilizes ...

The SurviveX Hydrogel Burn Dressings are sterile, 4" x 4" hydrogel pads infused with tea tree oil, designed for immediate first aid treatment of minor burns, scalds, sunburns, and thermal injuries.

Receiving treatment for a burn wound is not quite easy, nor is it as painless as it may seem. In fact, the healing process of a burn wound is the real challenge awaiting a burn victim. This is because ...

Researchers have created a new type of wound dressing material using advanced polymers. This new dressing could enhance the healing process for burn patients and have potential applications for drug ...

Johns Hopkins researchers have developed a jelly-like material and wound treatment method that, in early experiments on skin damaged by severe burns, appeared to regenerate healthy, scar-free tissue.

One of the challenges in treating burn victims is the frequency of dressing changes, which can be extremely painful. To bring relief to this and other problems, University of Waterloo researchers have ...