A multidimensional approach to wound bed preparation using UrgoClean Ag (Dowsett, 2023)

Dowsett, C.

Wounds UK 2023;19(4): 78-85.

Chronic wounds have a significant impact on patients' lives and are challenging for healthcare professionals to treat. Failure to implement evidence-based practice can prolong patient suffering and lead to wound complications such as infection. Effective dressing selection is important to ensure wound bed preparation (WBP) and removal of the barriers to healing, such as devitalised tissue, infection, and excess exudate. Multidimensional products such as UrgoClean Ag have a combined action of continuous cleansing, debridement, and treatment of infection, and can effectively prepare the wound bed and advance wound healing. This paper discusses the importance of WBP, with a focus on infection and biofilm management using a multidimensional product (UrgoClean Ag), with clinical practice examples.