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The National Necrotizing Fasciitis Foundation Says Current Standard of Care for Flesh-eating Bacteria is “Tragically Inadequate”
Information contained on this page is provided SOURCE National Necrotizing Fasciitis Foundation “Many more people will die or lose limbs unless new medical treatments are developed and used” MEDINA, Ohio, June 25, 2014 — The National Necrotizing Fasciitis Foundation (NNFF) today announced a campaign to raise awareness of the tragic inadequacy of the current standard…
Read MoreDoctor develops simple treatment for flesh-eating disease
Erin Allday Updated 12:06 pm, Wednesday, May 28, 2014 1 of 7 “My arm was dying on the inside. It was extremely horrifying,” says Lori Madsen about her battle with necrotizing fasciitis, or flesh-eating disease. Photo: Leah Millis, The Chronicle | It was the crying and pleas for help that drew Dr. John Crew to Lori…
Read MoreNovaBay Pharmaceuticals Inc’s wound cleanser NeutroPhase achieved better results in lab tests, killing bacteria in less than a minute
NovaBay Pharmaceuticals Inc’s wound cleanser NeutroPhase achieved better results in lab tests, killing bacteria in less than a minute Feb 18, 2014 (Menafn – M2 EQUITYBITES via COMTEX) –Biopharmaceutical company NovaBay Pharmaceuticals Inc (nyse mkt:NBY) stated on Monday that its wound cleanser, NeutroPhase, has achieved better results in lab tests than 18 other commercial products.…
Read MoreNovaBay’s NeutroPhase(R) is Best in Class in Laboratory Study of 19 Top Commercial Wound Cleansers
NovaBay’s NeutroPhase® is Best in Class in Laboratory Study of 19 Top Commercial Wound Cleansers The In Vitro Study, Published in the Peer-Reviewed Journal Advances in Skin & Wound Care, Showed that NeutroPhase® Kills Bacteria Quickly Among the Products Tested, NeutroPhase Offered the Best Activity Against Microbes at Concentrations Safe to Mammalian Cells EMERYVILLE, Calif.,…
Read Morerepost: Negative pressure wound therapy management of the “open abdomen” following trauma: a prospective study and systematic review Pradeep Navsaria
Negative pressure wound therapy management of the “open abdomen” following trauma: a prospective study and systematic review Pradeep Navsaria1, Andrew Nicol1, Donald Hudson1, John Cockwill2 and Jennifer Smith3* * Corresponding author: Jennifer Smith jennifer.smith@smith-nephew.com Author Affiliations 1 Department of Surgery, Groote Schuur Hospital, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa 2 Smith & Nephew,…
Read MoreRepost: Treatment of Acute Necrotizing Fasciitis Using Negative Pressure Wound Therapy and Adjunctive NeutroPhase Irrigation Under the Foam Author(s):
Treatment of Acute Necrotizing Fasciitis Using Negative Pressure Wound Therapy and Adjunctive NeutroPhase Irrigation Under the Foam Author(s): John R. Crew, MD; Randell Varilla, RN, MSN; Thomas Allandale Rocas III, RN, BSN, CWCN; Suriani Abdul Rani, MS; Dmitri Debabov, PhD Index: WOUNDS. 2013;25(10):272-277. Abstract: Necrotizing fasciitis is a complication of a bacterial infection that activates…
Read MoreApples to Ulcers: Tips for Staging Pressure Ulcers
How common is it in your facility or in your experience, that despite numerous references, in-services and reviews, some clinicians still struggle with the pressure ulcer staging system? Are the “fruits” of your labor paying off in the educational plan for yourself or for your staff? As adults, our learning styles and patterns tend to be more visual in nature, and…
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