Ingredient-based wound dressing classification: a paradigm that is passé and in need of replacement.
Wound dressings are classified according to their ingredients, but in many cases dressings within the same group have different recommended uses and even ingredients. Should future classifications be based on dressing functions?
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Adjunct Faculty, La Salle University School of Nursing and Neighborhood Nursing Center, Philadelphia, USA. vanrijsw@lasalle.edu