A multicentre, clinical evaluation of a hydro-responsive wound dressing: the Glasgow experience


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Aim was to assess the effectiveness of hydro-responsive wound dressing (HRWD) in debridement and wound bed preparation of a variety of acute and chronic wounds that presented with devitalised tissue needing removal so that healing may proceed.

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H. Hodgson

Tissue Viability Specialist Nurses

Email: Heather.Hodgson@ggc.scot.nhs.uk
Glasgow, United Kingdom

D. Davidson

Inverclyde Royal Hospital

Email: Heather.Hodgson@ggc.scot.nhs.uk
Greenock, United Kingdom

A. Duncan

Queen Elizabeth University Hospital

Email: Heather.Hodgson@ggc.scot.nhs.uk
Glasgow, United Kingdom

J. Guthrie

Tissue Viability Specialist Nurses

Email: Heather.Hodgson@ggc.scot.nhs.uk
Glasgow, United Kingdom

E. Henderson

Glasgow Royal Infirmary

Email: Heather.Hodgson@ggc.scot.nhs.uk
Glasgow, United Kingdom

M. Macdiarmid

Queen Elizabeth University Hospital

Email: Heather.Hodgson@ggc.scot.nhs.uk
Glasgow, United Kingdom

K. McGown

Queen Elizabeth University Hospital

Email: Heather.Hodgson@ggc.scot.nhs.uk
Glasgow, United Kingdom

V. Pollard

Inverclyde Royal Hospital

Email: Heather.Hodgson@ggc.scot.nhs.uk
Greenock, United Kingdom

R. Potter

Tissue Viability Specialist Nurses

Email: Heather.Hodgson@ggc.scot.nhs.uk
Glasgow, United Kingdom

A. Rodgers

Royal Hospital for Children

Email: Heather.Hodgson@ggc.scot.nhs.uk
Glasgow, United Kingdom

A. Wilson

Royal Alexandra Hospital

Email: Heather.Hodgson@ggc.scot.nhs.uk
Paisley, United Kingdom

J. Horner

Tissue Viability Specialist Nurses

Email: Heather.Hodgson@ggc.scot.nhs.uk
Glasgow, United Kingdom

M. Doran

Tissue Viability Specialist Nurses

Email: Heather.Hodgson@ggc.scot.nhs.uk
Glasgow, United Kingdom

S. Simm

Hartmann Wound Care

Email: Heather.Hodgson@ggc.scot.nhs.uk
Haywood, Lancashire, United Kingdom

R. Taylor

Hartmann Wound Care

Email: Heather.Hodgson@ggc.scot.nhs.uk
Haywood, Lancashire, United Kingdom

A. Rogers

Flintshire

Email: Heather.Hodgson@ggc.scot.nhs.uk
North Wales, United Kingdom

M. Rippon

Huddersfield University

Email: Heather.Hodgson@ggc.scot.nhs.uk
Queensgate, Huddesfield, United Kingdom

M. Colgrave

Email: Heather.Hodgson@ggc.scot.nhs.uk
Molecular Cell Research Lincoln, United Kingdom

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