Combat Casualty Infection Mitigation in a Prolonged Field Care Environment
Abstract
Austere environments and prolonged field care present significant difficulties in preventing and treating wound infections after combat casualties. Existing standard of care treatments have not solved these problems and even antibiotics, when available, are becoming less efficacious and do not prevent biofilm formation. The proposed copper-infused treatments will improve healing times and markedly reduce microbial wound infections, including the formation of biofilms, in a military relevant large animal wound infection model.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 2021
- Accession Number
- AD1146878
Entities
People
- Chester J. Hutcheson
Organizations
- 59th Medical Wing