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As the United States population ages and chronic conditions increase, health care providers are faced with treating complex wounds. The American Diabetes Association reported that in 2012 9.3% of the US population had diabetes, 2.5 million patients developed pressure ulcers in US hospitals, and venous status affects 500,000 to 600,000 people in the US annually. Each chronic condition involves wound care and can require extensive treatments such as debridement, antimicrobial therapy, and multiple wound dressings. The purpose of this article is to address the use of wound dressings specific to wound types.

The author of the article is a Principal Investigator at the University of Southern Indiana Nexus Innovation Network project.