Moist-healing

Infections are more common with the moist healing technique than with the dry ° technique. 

Apart from the selective promotion of specific cell behavior, the ideal wound dressing would also provide an environment which would be more conducive to heahng. In this respect, the healing wound performs better in a moist healing environment but not in a macerated heahng environment. As such, the dressing should have the physical ability to deal with the exudates produced by the wound but at the same time not allow the wound to dry out and the tissues to desiccate. 

Vapour-permeable Provide a moist healing environment. Mild exude. Heavily exudating wound. Tegaderm (3M)... 

The ideal wound dressing should minimize infection and pain, prevent excessive fluid loss, maintain a moist healing environment, promote epithelial restoration, and be biocompatible. However, dressings available in the market do not meet all the requirements necessary for an ideal dressing. In addition to the application of dressing, wound treatment includes irrigation of the affected area with an anesthetic solution followed by application of prophylactic antibiotics to prevent wound infection. 

It is interesting to note that much of the research that led to the development of modem wound-management products was concentrated on the moist-healing principle, and in the 1980 and 1990s many moist-heaUng products, such as hydrocolloids, alginates, polyurethane foams, and hydrogels, were developed and launched in the... 

Since a bum dressing has to be multifunctional, i.e., antimicrobial, highly absorbent, moist, and non-adherent, and since Silvadene and silver nitrate are used on bum patients for their antimicrobial property, we studied silver nitrate retention at 100 F. Table VI1 shows silver nitrate retained on CM samples subsequent to drying at 100 ° F. Again, the data indicate possible suitability of CM samples for moist healing as well as for treating a bum patient whose immune system may be compromised. (No bum patients have actually used this dressing). 

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