Chronic wounds plus C. diff are a high-risk and high-cost event that can compromise patient outcomes and pose a burden on ...

It's notoriously difficult for doctors to identify a wound that is becoming infected. Clinical signs and symptoms are imprecise and methods of identifying bacteria can be time-consuming and ...

A nanocellulose wound dressing that can reveal early signs of infection without interfering with the healing process has been developed by researchers at Linköping University, Sweden. Their study, ...

A recent Frontiers in Medicine study assesses the effectiveness of hyperspectral imaging (HSI) to identify differences between infected and non-infected wounds. Study: Is my wound infected? A study on ...

Scientists at Queen’s University Belfast have invented a tiny indicator that changes color if a patient’s wound shows early signs of infection. The non-invasive indicator, which is around the same ...

A Janus nanofiber dressing mimics skin, cools wounds under light, and uses visible light-triggered antibacterial activity to support faster repair in infected wounds. Schematic diagram of the bionic ...

Researchers have developed a bionic cooling skin dressing that kills bacteria, lowers wound temperature and speeds infected wound healing. These new findings offer a promising alternative to ...

Example of wound care performed with metapleural gland secretions collected from the gland of the individual providing care. The infected ant is marked in white. We first observe wound care by the ...

A nanocellulose wound dressing that can reveal early signs of infection without interfering with the healing process has been developed by researchers at Linköping University, Sweden. Their study, ...