Wound dressing products

It is unknown whether infants or children are more susceptible than adults to the adverse effects of phenol as stated above, developmental studies are inconclusive. Most of the information available on the toxic effects of phenol in infants and children comes from the use of phenol in medical treatments. Phenol was once used as an antiseptic in wound dressing products and there are several reports of deaths in children and infants following overzealous application of such... 

Turner in 1979P °1 identified the performance criteria for a wound dressing product that would successfully contribute to an acceptable microenvironment. These were to ... 

In general, textiles used in wound-dressing products include fibres, nanofibres, filaments, yarns, and woven/knitted/non-woven and composite materials. 

Textile materials can be used in moist wound management as fibres themselves (advanced fibres such as alginate and chitosan fibres), or conventional/advanced fibres can be modified or coated with various substances such as honey or hydrogels to obtain special properties such as ultra-absorbency, drag release, etc. In general, textiles used in wound-dressing products come in all possible forms, including fibres, nanofibres, filaments, yarns, and woven/knitted/non-woven and composite materials. 

The fluid handling capabilities of a wound dressing product can influence its ability to contain the malodorous test solution and therefore delay the release of the volatiles/odours into the surrounding air. This was demonstrated by the basic wound... 

Latest materials for hybrid wound dressing production... 

Figure 12.2 Performance of three wound-dressing products under an odor-absorption test.

Table 2. List of alginate fiber based wound dressing products commerciaUy avadable.

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