ConvaTec Launches Innovative New AQUACEL™ BURN Dressing With Hydrofiber™ Technology at International Society for Burn Injuries

ConvaTec Launches Innovative New AQUACEL™ BURN Dressing With Hydrofiber™ Technology at International Society for Burn Injuries PR Newswire EDINBURGH, Scotland, Sept. 12, 2012 - New dressing set to transform burn management by reducing the need for frequent and painful dressing changes in partial thickness burns EDINBURGH, Scotland, Sept. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- ConvaTec, a world-leading developer and marketer of innovative medical technologies for community and hospital care, today announced the European introduction of the latest products to their most recognized family of wound dressings, AQUACEL™ BURN and the antimicrobial AQUACEL™ Ag BURN dressings. The innovative, new wound dressings are designed to transform the management of partial thickness burns (PTBs) and donor sites. Introduced at the 16th Congress of the International Society for Burn Injuries (ISBI), the dressings incorporate the company's proprietary Hydrofiber™ Technology, which has been shown in an in vitro study to lock in fluid and trap harmful bacteria[1] and to contour closely to uneven wound surfaces.[2] It is common practice for patients with PTBs to frequently be subjected to painful dressing changes as often as twice daily, causing severe discomfort and exposing the wound surface to potential infection from a range of deadly pathogens, referred to as 'superbugs' that are rampant in many hospitals today.