Dressing conformability and silver-containing wound dressings

Wounds UK

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 14-20

  Bowler, Phil ^a   Jones, Samantha ^a   Towers, Victoria ^a   Booth, Rebecca ^a   Parsons, David ^a   Walker, Mike ^a  

^a Department of ConvaTec Inc   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial efficacy; Conformability; Foam dressing; Hydrofiber technology; Silver

Indexed keywords

SULFADIAZINE SILVER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 77954918291     PISSN: 17466814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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