
Drown Out the Noise: The Principles of Ideal Dressing Selection

When considering which of the many available dressings is appropriate for a particular patient, wound care professionals must take into account factors such as the patient’s lifestyle, comorbidities, history, nutrition, and medications, as well as wound specifics.
This Urgo-sponsored white paper discusses the criteria for ideal dressing selection, with an emphasis on wound bed preparation. The guide then describes the mechanism of action and efficacy of the Drawtex, UrgoTul, and UrgoTul Ag/Silver dressing technologies and provides relevant case studies.
Wound care professionals will find this well-referenced guide to be a useful aid to dressing selection.
This white paper contains information on the following topics:
Comorbidities and nutritional status in dressing choice
Medications and dressing selection
Dressing needs of the clinician, patient, and wound
Elements of proper wound bed preparation
Mechanism of action and efficacy of Urgo dressings
Case studies of successful wound healing with Urgo dressings
Sponsored by URGO Medical