The use of honey in wound management
Cheryl Dunford Clinical Nurse Specialist, Tissue Viability, Salisbury District Hospital
Rose Cooper Principal Lecturer in Microbiology, Centre for Biomedical Sciences, School of Applied Biology, University of Wales Institute, Cardiff
Peter Molan Associate Professor of Biochemistry, Director of Honey Research Unit, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
Richard White Freelance medical writer, Whitstone, Cornwall
Honey has been used as a wound treatment for more than 2,000 years. Greater scientific understanding of how it works, particularly as an antibacterial agent, has led practitioners to reconsider the therapeutic value of honey. Once honey is commercially available as a regulated product in the UK, practitioners will have access to an effective, alternative wound treatment. Specific, sterilised honeys intended for wound care will provide a safe natural product to manage colonised or infected wounds that would otherwise remain unresponsive to treatment.
Nursing Standard.
15, 11, 63-68.
doi: 10.7748/ns2000.11.15.11.63.c2952
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