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Healthcare textiles have seen a considerable transition throughout time, becoming an increasingly important part of the healthcare ecosystem. A thorough introduction to healthcare textiles is provided in this chapter, along with an analysis of their use in patient care, infection control, and the larger healthcare sector. It explores the numerous kinds of healthcare textiles, how crucial they are to maintaining hygiene, and the difficulties in using them. It also looks at cutting-edge advancements that have the potential to change the way healthcare textiles are used in the future, such as smart textiles and sustainable practices. Healthcare textiles are positioned to become increasingly important to patient safety and environmental sustainability as the healthcare industry develops. This chapter is significant as it provides an in-depth exploration of the evolving role of healthcare textiles in patient safety and sustainability, highlighting cutting-edge developments and future trends in the industry.

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Functional Hydrogels as Wound Dressing to Enhance Wound Healing

Yongping Liang, Jiahui He, Baolin Guo (2021)

Hydrogels, due to their excellent biochemical and mechnical property, have shown attractive advantages in the field of wound dressings. However, a comprehensive review of the functional hydrogel as a wound dressing is still lacking. This work first summarizes the skin wound healing process and relates evaluation parameters and then reviews the advanced functions of hydrogel dressings such as antimicrobial property, adhesion and hemostasis, anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidation, substance delivery, self-healing, stimulus response, conductivity, and the recently emerged wound monitoring feature, and the strategies adopted to achieve these functions are all classified and discussed. Furthermore, applications of hydrogel wound dressing for the treatment of different types of wounds such as incisional wound and the excisional wound are summarized. Chronic wounds are also mentioned, and the focus of attention on infected wounds, burn wounds, and diabetic wounds is discussed. Finally, the future directions of hydrogel wound dressings for wound healing are further proposed.

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A critical review of simulation-based medical education research: 2003-2009.

William C. McGaghie, S. Barry Issenberg, Emil R Petrusa … (2010)

This article reviews and critically evaluates historical and contemporary research on simulation-based medical education (SBME). It also presents and discusses 12 features and best practices of SBME that teachers should know in order to use medical simulation technology to maximum educational benefit. This qualitative synthesis of SBME research and scholarship was carried out in two stages. Firstly, we summarised the results of three SBME research reviews covering the years 1969-2003. Secondly, we performed a selective, critical review of SBME research and scholarship published during 2003-2009. The historical and contemporary research synthesis is reported to inform the medical education community about 12 features and best practices of SBME: (i) feedback; (ii) deliberate practice; (iii) curriculum integration; (iv) outcome measurement; (v) simulation fidelity; (vi) skill acquisition and maintenance; (vii) mastery learning; (viii) transfer to practice; (ix) team training; (x) high-stakes testing; (xi) instructor training, and (xii) educational and professional context. Each of these is discussed in the light of available evidence. The scientific quality of contemporary SBME research is much improved compared with the historical record. Development of and research into SBME have grown and matured over the past 40 years on substantive and methodological grounds. We believe the impact and educational utility of SBME are likely to increase in the future. More thematic programmes of research are needed. Simulation-based medical education is a complex service intervention that needs to be planned and practised with attention to organisational contexts.