Wound  management using  semi-occlusive dressing

U Mennen; AMJ Wiese; D Boomker

Wound management using semi-occlusive dressing

U Mennen
AMJ Wiese
D Boomker

Keywords: Wounds and Injuries, Wound Healing, Semi-Permeable Dressings.

Abstract

Wound management remains a controversial subject. A great deal of confusion exists regarding wound contamination, colonisation, infection and the role of sterility, antiseptics, antibiotics and the type of dressing.

Author Biographies

U Mennen

MBChB(Pret), FRCS (Glasg), FRCS (Edin), FCS(SA)(orth), MMed (onh), MD(onh)(Pret).

AMJ Wiese

BNurs (Stell), Dip Obs, D Omh Nurs (SANC), BMed Sci (Pret)

D Boomker

ND Micro (Pret), NDMTL Micro (PE), ND Clin Tech Andr. (Pret) BA (Unisa)

Issue

Vol 16 No 5 (1995)

Section

Review Articles

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