Innovation of Wound and Burn Care Dressings from Traditional to Nonwoven Polymeric Scaffolds

Abstract

Health care professionals often come across patients inflicted with exuding wounds
and burn injuries which get infected with broad range of micro-organisms because wounds often provide a favourable environment for the colonization of microbes. Staphylococcus aureus
and Trichophyton rubrum are the most common pathogens which are responsible for skin and
nail infection.1 Some deep wounds and burns damage the underlying structures like muscle,
tendon, blood vessels, nerves, and bone which need persistent medical care to prevent systemic infection and loss of organ function.2 Sometimes, aggressive wound infection can cause
septicemia and death. The remit of this editorial is to highlight the innovation of biocompatible nanofiber dressings for the localized delivery of antiseptics, antibiotics and growth factors
which promote wound and burn healing