Wound Care

Use of Increasingly Popular Treatment for Wound Healing Questioned

The effectiveness and value of an increasingly popular treatment used in the treatment of long-term wounds are questioned in this month’s Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin (DTB) Topical negative pressure, or VAC therapy as it is sometimes known, involves first placing a foam ...More
July 31, 2007
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Hospitals’ Efforts to Reduce Skin Injury in Patients Must Improve

CARY, Ill. -- In a recent opinion poll conducted by Sage Products Inc., 57 percent of the 200 wound ostomy continence nurses who responded said their hospital has a specific protocol in place for prevention of incontinence-associated dermatitis (IAD). Forty-three percent do ...More
July 30, 2007
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Kane Biotech Announces Positive Results From an Independent Wound Care Study

WINNIPEG, Manitoba -- Kane Biotech Inc., a biotechnology company engaged in the development of products that prevent and disperse microbial biofilms, announces positive results from an in vitro study using a novel approach to treat chronic wound infections with a ...More
July 12, 2007
Posted in News, Disinfection & Sterilization
Derma Sciences Receives Health Canada Clearance for API-MEDTM Antimicrobial Dressings with Active Manuka Honey

PRINCETON, N.J. -- Derma Sciences, Inc., a manufacturer and supplier of advanced wound-care products, announces that it has obtained clearance from Health Canada to market and sell as Class II devices its line of API-MED Antimicrobial Dressings with Active Manuka Honey. ...More
June 14, 2007
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Beiersdorf Sells U.S. First Aid Brand Curad to Medline

MUNDELEIN, Ill. -- Beiersdorf has signed an agreement to sell its U.S. first aid brand, Curad and the associated business, to Medline Industries, Inc. Medline will incorporate the Curad line into its business. “We are committed to further growing the Curad brand, while ...More
May 7, 2007
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Quick-Med Technologies, Inc. Licenses NIMBUS Antimicrobial Technology to Derma Sciences, Inc. for Use in Wound Care Products

GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Quick-Med Technologies, Inc. announces that it has entered into a multi-year patent and technology license agreement with Derma Sciences, Inc., a manufacturer and supplier of wound and skin care products. The agreement licenses QMT’s NIMBUS™ ...More
April 3, 2007
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Wound Care

Most wounds can be prevented. “In fact, 99.9 percent are preventable. Why are they not prevented? Because of economic issues,” explains Kenneth B. Rehm, DPM, medical director of the Diabetic Foot & Wound Treatment Centers, located in San Diego. Rehm, who is board ...More
April 2, 2007
Posted in Articles
Q & A with Cynthia A. Fleck

ICT: What’s the latest and greatest in wound care? A: Wound bed preparation, including debridement and bioburden control, are mainstays for effective wound healing. Silver dressings continue to be the No. 1 advanced wound care product choice available. These innovative ...More
April 2, 2007
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Smith & Nephew Announces Worldwide Agreement With Covalon Technologies

HULL, England -- Smith & Nephew's Advanced Wound Management division announces today the signing of an exclusive worldwide sales, marketing and distribution agreement with Covalon Technologies for its advanced range of collagen dressings. Smith & Nephew Advanced ...More
March 19, 2007
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Vitamin D3 Provides Skin with Protection from Harmful Microbes

A study by researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine shows that fluctuations in Vitamin D3 levels control the body’s innate immune response, affecting a skin wound’s ability to heal. Richard L. Gallo, MD, PhD, professor of medicine and ...More
February 12, 2007
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