A Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness of a Fabric-Based Wireless Electroceutical Dressing Compared to Standard-of-Care Treatment Against Acute Trauma and Burn Wound Biofilm Infection

• Published in: Advances in wound care (New Rochelle, N.Y.)
• Main Authors: Chan, Rodney K, Nuutila, Kristo, Mathew-Steiner, Shomita S, Diaz, Victoria, Anselmo, Kristin, Batchinsky, Maria, Carlsson, Anders, Ghosh, Nandini, Sen, Chandan K, Roy, Sashwati
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.01.2024
• Subjects: wireless electroceutical dressing; burn; clinical burn study; acute treatment; biofilm

Despite advances in the use of topical and parenteral antimicrobial therapy and the practice of early tangential burn wound excision to manage bacterial load, 60% of the mortality from burns is attributed to bacterial biofilm infection. A low electric field (∼1 V) generated by the novel FDA-cleared...