Photographs of hydrogel dressing in the original form (a) and with the addition of chitosan (132 kg mol−1, 0.5% (w/v)) dissolved in LA (b).
A new dressing, a type of compression held in place by a bandage, uses an antibacterial substance formed from the shells of crustaceans like shrimps. Antimicrobial resistance is becoming a worldwide health threat. A recent report by the Review on Antimicrobial Resistance warns that antimicrobial resistance could kill 10 million people each year by 2050, dwarfing even the number of estimated deaths from cancer. Because of this, preventing infection has never been more important.
The protective dressing was developed by Dr. Radoslaw Wach and his colleagues from Lodz University of Technology in Poland...
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