Signs of wound infection include pus, spreading redness, increased pain or swelling, and fever A break in the skin (a wound) shows signs of infection Includes infected cuts, scrapes, sutured wounds, ...
Doctors and nurses start by evaluating a wound based on the risk of infection: If a wound is clean, a doctor will close it by stitching the edges together in two separate layers. The doctor will use ...
and The University of Manchester has been awarded more than £1.74 million to develop a new type of wound dressing which could prevent wound infection and help improve healing. Professor Jason Wong, ...