Study shows electric bandages can fight biofilm infection, antimicrobial resistance

(MediaSource) Researchers at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center have shown -- for the first time -- that special bandages using weak electric fields to disrupt bacterial biofilm infection can prevent infections, combat antibiotic resistance and enable healing in infected burn wounds. The dressing becomes electrically active upon contact with bodily fluids.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news