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UPM Biomedicals enters the Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area site Main Campus, Europe’s top life sciences hub
UPM Biomedicals is pleased to have established Basel, Switzerland, as the new bridgehead of introducing high quality nanofibrillar cellulose to life science and medical applications. UPM Biomedicals became a member of the Switzerland Innovation Park Basel Area resident community on 10 May and plans to open a cell lab in the premises later this year.
Two 3M Veraflo Therapy dressings receive first-ever FDA clearance for hydromechanical removal of non-viable tissue
Innovative therapy shown to help promote healing and reduce the need for surgical debridements creating potential savings for health care systems.
Hartmann
When verifying the safety of invasive transvaginal examinations, every possible preparation must be taken to eliminate chances of spreading pathogens. A reproducible method of manual disinfection that can be shown to reduce the risk of spread can help significantly with the overall safety of these common processes. Hartmann’s approach offers a potential solution.
The new point of view
The Finnish medical imaging company Planmed is introducing Planmed XFI – the world’s first full-body weight-bearing CT. The Planmed XFI system can do it all, from head to toe, both laying down and under natural load. Capable of bringing views previously not seen in diagnostic imaging to the disposal of medical professionals, helping them in their most important task: making an accurate diagnosis.
Stop the spread
Hospitals are places of healing; at least that’s the way most of us view them. But with the number of invasive procedures, open wounds and bacteria present, the inside of a healthcare facility can also present a high risk of infection to patients. Add the fact that staff have been dealing with a highly infectious virus for the past three years of the Covid-19 pandemic, and infection preventionists have had their work cut out. Hailey Hudson speaks to Dr Hilary Babcock, director of Infectious Disease Prevention and chief quality officer at BJC Healthcare, and Erica Susky, an infection control practitioner based out of Toronto, Canada, to find out how both have been working to keep infections down as much as possible amid changing government requirements.
From art to science
The prevalence of chronic wounds is on the rise in the developed world. This is due to its population living longer and an increase in the rate of conditions like diabetes mellitus – one of the most common reasons the body might struggle to regenerate tissue after sustaining a wound. The European Wound Management Association has been at the forefront of defining good wound management practices since its inception in 1991, and ahead of its upcoming conference, the organisation’s president Sebastian Probst tells Peter Littlejohns why wound care is still in a transitional phase from an art to a science.
Cause and effect
Due to the high prevalence of diabetes, much of the academic literature on wound care is centred around how it affects the pathogenesis of chronic wounds and how healthcare professionals should go about treating them. But diabetes is one of many reasons the human body might struggle to heal from damage to one or more layers of the skin. Sarah Harris speaks to Naseer Ahmad, vascular surgeon and clinic director of the Manchester Amputation Reduction Strategy and Chandan Sen, associate vice-president of military & applied research at Indiana University’s School of Medicine, to explore the comorbid conditions that prevent wounds from healing, and the strain this puts on healthcare systems.
Diabetic foot ulcers
Diabetic foot ulcers have the potential to carry a huge cost, both to patients – who can end up losing part of their lower limb – and to hospitals through the expenditure used in managing them. We could be on the cusp of a turning point, however, with a variety of researchers reporting successful outcomes from a new ‘fast-track pathway’, designed to diagnose and treat this type of chronic wound quickly. Andrea Valentino learns more, talking to Dr José Luis Lázaro-Martínez, an expert in podiatric medicine and professor at Complutense University of Madrid; and Dr Marco Meloni of the University of Tor Vergata.
Sky Medical Technology: New study demonstrates double the rate of healing of venous leg ulcers with the geko™ device
UK-based medical device manufacturer Sky Medical Technology (Sky) today announces the International Wound Journal has published the company’s landmark multi-centre randomised self-controlled trial (RCT).
Innovation in wound care could save organisations time and money
With the average heal time of a chronic wound taking over five months med tech firm Smith + Nephew offers smart cost and time management solutions