NICE Endorses PICO Negative Pressure Wound Dressings
Executive Summary
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence recommends that UK’s National Health Service adopt Smith & Nephew’s PICO negative wood dressings as an option for closed surgical incisions in high-risk patients.
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