such as wound care materials and coatings on medical devices that are used within the body. The researchers have theories about the causes of the synergistic effect with antibiotics, but the ...

Proper wound care produces similar (and sometimes better) results without the use of a topical antibiotic. Neosporin is not ...

Concerned that your wound might be infected, the physician at the health center decides to prescribe an antibiotic ... in 2002, health care workers reported the first cases of vancomycin-resistant ...

“The repeated or prolonged use of traditional antibiotics in wound care, especially chronic wound treatments, can cause the emergence of bacteria, fungi and viruses resistant to these commonly used ...

MolecuLight Inc., a global medical device company pioneering point-of-care fluorescence imaging for measuring bacterial load ...

Ultimately, duration and route of antibiotic should be individualized ... Patients should be taught wound care as well as the signs of infection. A follow-up wound check should take place in ...

As such, they are particularly prevalent in hospital and long-term care settings. Combatting these wounds involves both managing the exposed tissue and treating any infection using topical and/or ...

Example of wound care performed with metapleural gland secretions collected from the gland of the individual providing care. The infected ant is marked in white. We first observe wound care by the ...

This enables using the material in many different products, such as wound care materials and coatings on medical devices that are used within the body. The researchers have theories about the causes ...