Dressing Indicates Infections (1 of 2) (IMAGE)

Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft

Dressing Indicates Infections (1 of 2)

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If the wound has become infected, the innovative dressing material indicates this by changing color: the yellow plaster turns purple (second picture).

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Fraunhofer EMFT

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