Activated charcoal cloth wound

Kaltocarb (calcium alginate fibre bonded to a layer of activated charcoal cloth with an outer layer composed of spun bonded viscose, ConvaTec) is indicated for use as a primary dressing in the management of malodorous wounds including fungating carcinomas, leg ulcers, and pressure sores. 

Hi-tech wound dressings non-adherent, odour adsorbent, activated charcoal cloth (ACC), and antimicrobial dressings... 

The purpose of antimicrobials in medical textiles such as wound dressings is to eithCT prevent infection from occurring or to contribute to the healing of infected wounds, and odour control is a subsidiary effect whereas, the inclusion of activated charcoal in wound dressings is specifically to manage odour. Activated charcoal cloth (ACC) is sandwiched/encapsulated between two layers of a polyamide nonwoven fabric. The ACC with silver has to be in close contact with the wound s surface in order for the silver ions to react with the bacteria causing the infection (Mcqueen, 2011). 

In the wound-management industry where odor control is much required, a new approach was adopted in 1976, when Butcher et al. first described the use of an activated charcoal cloth developed by the Chemical Defence Establishment in Por-ton Down, UK. This material was incorporated into pads containing surgical gauze and water-repellent fabric. When these pads were nsed in the treatment of fungating breast cancer, gangrene, and colostomies, the associated odors were said to be totally suppressed. 

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