Prontosan wound irrigation and gel: management of chronic wounds

British Journal of Nursing - Tập 15 Số 22 - Trang 1222-1228 - 2006
Ann Horrocks1
1Somerset Primary Care Trust & Yeovil Foundation NHS Trust,Yeovil, Somerset.

Tóm tắt

Chronic wounds present a challenge that is costly in terms of quality of life to the patient and in financial terms for the NHS. Several factors contribute to the development of a chronic wound, in particular the influence of bacteria as a biofilm within the wound environment. Irrigating a wound with normal saline has long been advocated as the most appropriate method of wound irrigation but biofilms are now known to be resistant to this method of cleansing. A small (10 patient) evaluation of the use of Prontosan® in patients whose duration of chronic wounds exceeded 1 year has demonstrated that Prontosan wound irrigation and Prontosan gel are an appropriate alternative for cleaning, moistening and decontaminating encrusted, contaminated and chronic skin wounds, and can have a dramatic influence of the quality of life for such patients. This article discusses the cause of chronicity within a wound and discusses in depth three of the ten patients in the evaluation.

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British Journal of Nursing

Tập 15 Số 22

1222-1228

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