The development of life-changing innovative dressings for people with extensive wounds.
Documenting the development and commercialisation of an innovative range of dressing retention garments, Skinnies WEB™, which radically improves patient experience and significantly reduces costs, this film gives an insightful account of the challenges and efforts made to improve the quality of life of EB patients.
Adults with epidermolysis bullosa have extensive chronic wounds that seriously compromise their quality of life. This research, at King’s College London, has revealed the critical role of a new type of wound dressing, and the extreme inadequacy of traditional bandages as a method for holding patch-worked dressings in place over extensive wounds.
The work has also generated a range of novel methodologies, a validated model for engaging users in the design and development of medical devices and the TELER clinical note making system for wound care, which has been adopted internationally. This work won the 2013 Guardian University award for research impact.
For more information about this project or other innovative nursing and midwifery research at King’s, please contact nightingalecomms@kcl.ac.uk.
