Infected wounds are one of the most prominent health problems today, and many different methods of treatment exist. However, these treatments have their limitations and are often costly. By combining organic essential oils with a pre-existing silver antimicrobial, we can provide a more effective, less expensive wound dressing for treatment of infected wounds. After a series in vitro and in vivo tests for antimicrobial efficacy, these experiments validate the combination of actives which inhibit and kill specific wound pathogens in a hydrocolloid wound dressing. We used these results to design a three-layered, two-component dressing, to diffuse antimicrobials and to inhibit growth of bacteria as well as to remain mechanically stable in a wound environment.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Stout, Sarah E.
• Moore, Whitney Keegan
• Lynch, Marcella Marie

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-042406-203249

Advisor

• Pins, George D

Year

• 2006

Sponsor

• Eden Research, plc

Date created

• 2006-04-24

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Biomedical Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright

最新修改

• 2021-02-01