DALLAS, April 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — ConvaTec, a world-leading
developer and marketer of innovative medical technologies for
community and hospital care, today announced that data related to
wound management will be presented at the 24th Annual Symposium on
Advanced Wound Care and Wound Healing Society (SAWC/WHS) in Dallas,
Texas from April 14 to April 17, 2011.
The abstracts selected for presentation are grouped by
therapy:
Silver-containing dressings:
The In Vitro Susceptibility of Emerging ‘Superbugs’ to a
Silver-Containing Sodium CMC Wound Dressing (Poster Number
LB45)
A Comparison of the In Vitro Antimicrobial Efficacy of
Iodoform Gauze and Silver-Containing Sodium CMC Wound Dressing
(Poster Number LB23)
In Vitro Antimicrobial Efficacy of Silver-Containing
Absorbent Dressings Using Simulated Wound Models (Poster Number
LB24)
Management Principles and Dressing Selection for Surgical
Incisions Healing After Primary Closure (Poster Number IR32)
Reducing Pain and Dressing Change Frequency on Thermal
Partial-Thickness Burns (PTB) in a Critical Access Hospital (CAH)
Setting Utilizing 100% Sodium Carboxymethycellulose (NaCMC) with
Technology (Poster Number CS58)
100% Sodium Carboxymethycellulose Technology: Helping Patients
from Stem to Stern (Poster Number CS79)
Design and Development of a Narrow Width Enhanced-Strength
Filler Dressing (Poster Number LB11)
The Use of a Sodium Carboxymethycellulose Surgical Dressing with
Ionic Silver Designed to Improve Patient Outcomes Following
Cesarean Section (Poster Number WHS GP.24)
Algorithm Programs:
Testing an Online Interactive Wound Program (Oral Presentation
Session 40.1)
Negative Pressure Therapy:
Using Low Pressure NPWT to Support Wound Healing in Open
Surgical Wound Therapy (Poster Number CS40)
Treatment of Fournier’s Gangrene with Low Pressure Negative
Pressure Wound
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