In a study involving 40 healthy volunteers, Amferia dressing was applied on the intact skin of the subjects’ lower arms. The study was a randomised, double-blinded, placebo-controlled evaluation of the efficacy of Amferia dressing on eradicating bacteria from a clinically relevant surface.
The human skin is a source of bacteria for certain wound infections, for example in surgery wounds. The reduction of bacteria on skin after three hours of dressing application was examined. An average bacterial reduction by 1,000 times (i.e. 99.9%) was observed after application of Amferia wound dressing. In some cases where bacterial load was high, an almost 99.99% reduction was seen (as below).
The image below shows swab cultures from one sample and demonstrates the antimicrobial efficacy of the Amferia hydrogel wound dressing on human skin. The study and statistical analysis is now completed and published in the Journal of Wound Care.
