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A clinical audit of Suprasorb® X + PHMB

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A clinical audit of Suprasorb® X + PHMB

David Gray, Fiona Russell, Gail Pirie, Kristine Duguid, Martyn Butcher, Melvyn Bertram, Pam Cooper, Sandra Stringfellow, Sian Fumarola, Stuart Shand
18 October 2010

Polyhexamethylene biguanide (PHMB) has been available as a wound irrigation fluid in Europe for some time. Recently, it has been successfully introduced into wound management within a range of dressings, including non-adherent products, gauze, drains, intravenous sponges and hydrogels. In some cases, the PHMB molecule has been chemically bound to the base material, providing it with antiseptic/antimicrobial properties when in contact with wound moisture. In other products, the active component is free to be delivered into the wound and periwound tissues, serving as a carrier for a wider antimicrobial activity by donating PHMB to the wound surface.

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