News Chronic wounds: infection management in an outpatient setting
Antimicrobial dressings are key in the highly complex treatment of patients with infected, chronic wounds. Following a treatment pathway that involves treating the underlying disease, applying these dressings on a clean wound when changing the dressing might help prevent and manage local wound infections. Their use also follows scientific and political efforts aiming at restricting the use of antibiotics. Especially in outpatient care, dressings with antimicrobial action in infected wounds and wounds at risk are of great advantage.