The protective effects of a new preparation on wound edges.

Objective: This study investigated the effect of Cavilon No Sting Barrier Film (NSBF) (3M Healthcare) on erythema on the edges of highly exuding wounds in patients with venous stasis ulcers.

Method: An intra-individual double-blind randomised test was performed on 239 patients. The two sides of each wound on each patient were treated with two different dressings: Cavilon NSBF was applied to the wound edges of one side and a control (water) to the edges of the other. Erythema was assessed daily using a chromameter.

Results: These are based on the 227 patients who completed the study. The researchers were surprised by their unambiguity: in 88.1% of patients, the erythema completely disappeared within three days of treatment with the test material; in the remaining 11.9% it had completely disappeared after four days. With the control, erythema intensity remained more or less unchanged throughout the four-day observation period.

Conclusion: This study demonstrates that Cavilon NSBF helped control erythema in all the patients: in 97.3% examined, the measurable and objectively recordable erythema receded within two days.