The use of gauze: Will it ever change?

International Wound Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 79-88

  Jones, Vanessa J ^a,b  

^a Wound Healing Research Unit   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Change; Gauze; Hydrocolloids

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; CHLORHEXIDINE; DUODERM; EUSOL; POLYETHYLENE; PROFLAVINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; DEBRIDEMENT; EPITHELIZATION; GAUZE DRESSING; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMAN; HYDROCOLLOID DRESSING; NONHUMAN; NURSE ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; REVIEW; WOUND; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND FLUID; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 33748746668     PISSN: 17424801     EISSN: 1742481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4801.2006.00215.x     Document Type: Review

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