FIGURE 6.

Ratios of exudate‐simulant fluid, which remained in the wound cavity plus any fluid spillovers onto the peri‐wound environment (if existed; Figure 5), over the corresponding volume of the fluid retained in the dressing for the side‐lying (Sims') test configuration. These ratios are shown for the low (A) vs the high (B) exudate‐simulant viscosities, after 30 hours of simulated use. The error bars are the standard errors from the mean values of three test repetitions per test configuration and an asterisk indicates a statistically significant difference in the relevant outcome measure (P <  .01). FBD, foam‐based dressing; MPD, multipurpose dressings; SAD, superabsorbent dressing