Use of a Novel Foam Dressing With Negative Pressure Wound Therapy and Instillation: Recommendations and Clinical Experience.

Use of a Novel Foam Dressing With Negative Pressure Wound Therapy and Instillation: Recommendations and Clinical Experience. Wounds. 2018 Mar;30(3):S1-S17 Authors: Kim PJ, Applewhite A, Dardano AN, Fernandez L, Hall K, McElroy E, Mendez-Eastman S, Obst MA, Thomas C, Waddell L, Wirth G, Téot L Abstract A new reticulated open-cell foam dressing with through holes (ROCF-CC) has been introduced to assist with wound cleansing by removing thick wound exudate and infectious materials during neg- ative pressure wound therapy with instillation. Due to the limited published evidence supporting use of ROCF-CC dressings with negative pressure wound therapy with instillation and dwell time (NPWTi-d), clinicians have been relying on practical application experience to gain pro ciency with the dressing and NPWTi-d. To help provide general guidelines for safe and e cient use of ROCF-CC dressings with NPWTi-d, a multidisciplinary expert panel of clinicians was convened from September 28 to 29, 2017. Principal aims of the meeting were to develop recommendations based on panel members' experience and lim- ited published results for use of ROCF-CC dressings, appropriate wound and patient characteristics for use, application settings, and clinical techniques to optimize outcomes. An algorithm to guide use of ROCF-CC dressings with NPWTi-d was also created. Panelists recommended the following goals for using ROCF-CC dressings: cleanse wounds when areas o...
Source: Wounds - Category: General Medicine Tags: Wounds Source Type: research