Comfort and infection control of chitosan-impregnated cotton gauze as wound dressing

The aim of this study was to evaluate the thermo-physiological comfort properties of surgical cotton gauze coated with chitosan (CH) and its effectiveness for the prevention of bacterial colonization. Gauze was coated with CH at mass fractions of 0.50, 0.25, 0.125, 0.10, 0.063 wt% and the friction,...

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Main Author: Souza, Jefferson M. (author)
Other Authors: Henriques, Mariana (author), Teixeira, Maria Pilar Araújo (author), Fernandes, Margarida Maria Macedo (author), Fangueiro, Raúl (author), Zille, Andrea (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2019
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/60293
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/60293