Clinical experience with an antimicrobial hydrogel dressing on recalcitrant wounds

Objective To assess the performance of a newly-introduced, iodine-based antimicrobial wound dressing (Iodozyme) within normal clinical practice. Method 51 case records were collected from 30 wound care locations in England. Reporting clinicians used Iodozyme on one or more difficult wounds of their own choice (of various aetiologies) from their current case loads. Basic patient-specific data were collected, relating to both their own and their patients' experience with the product over a 6-week period of treatment (or less, if healing was achieved earlier). In every case, the wound continued to be treated in accordance with local ‘best practice’, in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions and by the same clinician. Each wound was assessed in terms of size, condition (margins and wound bed), exudate (type and amount), comfort/pain, overall satisfaction (by patient and clinician) and healing status (in terms of healed, improved, static or deteriorated). In addition, clinicians were asked to use thei...