Mölnlycke Health Care supports the Wound Care Collaborative Community initiative to improve wound dressing standards

This collaboration involves clinicians, materials management and procurement teams, regulators, and industry experts, aiming to enhance patient care through clinically relevant and consistent evaluations. Mölnlycke Health Care has been a steadfast supporter of the WCCC from the start, working alongside other major wound care players on the project to improve patient outcomes.

In a recent publication in the Wounds journal, the WCCC calls for a new era of wound dressing standards rooted in clinical relevance, biological validity, and consistency across product development and evaluation.

Standardised, meaningful testing is not just about better comparisons—it is about fostering innovation. A clear, testing framework that is shared by all stakeholders:

• Helps clinicians make better-informed decisions based on consistent, evidence-based product evaluations, recognised by various stakeholders
• Progresses industry design and drives refinement of products with real-world performance in mind
• Helps researchers and regulators agree on functional dressing properties that align with clinical needs and ensure that pre-clinical testing appropriately reflects these needs 

Dr. Sarah Griffiths Langbord, chair of the WCCC Gaps Dressing Standards Work Group, explains that the initiative has developed from an imminent need for standardisation. “Wound dressings are currently evaluated using various test methods, many of which are incompletely specified or insufficiently relevant to real-world wound care scenarios. This has resulted in individualised modifications by test users with no established best practices and no consistent baseline set of standardised tests for pre-clinical evaluations.”

PhD Erik Nygren is Senior Scientist at Mölnlycke Health Care and one of several industry representatives on the work group. Nygren emphasises the importance of a unified framework to enhance the overall quality and clinical performance of wound dressing products. “During development, reliable, clinically relevant test methods are a prerequisite to achieve wound dressings with the right properties, which will meet true needs of clinicians and patients. By sharing knowledge and capabilities within the WCCC Gaps Work Group, we can accelerate progress and foster a unified community that benefits all stakeholders.”

The WCCC urges the wound care community to get involved, as they need feedback from a wide range of stakeholders including clinicians, materials management and procurement teams, regulators, and industry experts. By identifying gaps in current standards, the WCCC can drive innovation in wound dressing development, shape research priorities, and highlight external funding opportunities to support pre-clinical research.

Stakeholders can help the WCCC by taking a survey here: https://bit.ly/4cN7sIZ

Read more about the WCCCs initiative to improve wound care standards here: https://www.hmpgloballearningnetwork.com/site/wounds/enhancing-patient-care-through-advanced-wound-dressing-standards-wound-care

For more information, please contact: 

Sofia Lindqvist

Media & Financial Communications Manager

Email: sofia.lindqvist@molnlycke.com

Phone: +4672 255 35 09