by offering products that promote cell growth, while selectively destroying those bacteria that are harmful. Ocean Aid currently manufacturers 2 prod- ucts: Ocean Aid Spray and Ocean Aid Moisturizing Foam. Ocean Aid, Inc. is developing a novel product line using natural sea salt and enzymes that kill only harmful bacteria. Ocean Aid Spray is a patented formu- la composed of re- verse osmosis water, sea salt, and Lysozyme. Al- though simple in formula, its work- ings are complex. Lysozyme is a selec- tive antibacterial en- zyme that kills gram-positive bacte- ria. The end result here is that the bac- teria are destroyed while the cells in the wound are allowed to repair and grow to accelerate healing time. Other prod- ucts use antiseptics and disinfectants to kill bacteria. Antiseptics and disinfec- tants, yes, do kill bacteria, but also de- stroy the healing tissues (including scaffolding subcutaneous structures and migrating and regenerating epithe- lial cells), and the inflammatory cells By Eddie Kolos and Marty Stern When it comes to wound care, medicine has reached a point where the current lines of treatment products are not nearly as effective as they had been in past years. This may be due to antibodies that have developed from using medi- cine with some chemical-based ingre- dients. Whatever the reason, wound care products today, in many cases, have become virtually useless. Ocean Aid, Inc. researches, in- vents, and manufactures an armamen- tarium of completely natural antibacteri- al wound care products that work. In doing so, Ocean Aid is changing the way healthcare professionals will ap- proach future wound care, and how they can best manage it. The questions of importance to Ocean Aid include: Why do other companies’ products use antiseptics and disinfectants to clean wounds? (They kill bacteria and regener- ating cells—this actually slows the heal- ing process.) Why should a petroleum- or ointment-based product be used? (Wouldn’t this cut off the air supply to the wound and slow cell growth?) Why don’t existing topical wound care prod- ucts provide minerals to create an envi- ronment that nourishes the wound site? Traditional allopathic thinking about wound care is clear—it is simply destroy, destroy, destroy. The philoso- phy of Ocean Aid is different: Ocean Aid takes a more proactive approach that are cleaning up necrotic debris and harmful bacteria. Unlike the other products on the market the goal of Ocean Aid is to kill microbial invaders and provide essential minerals to enhance cell growth and repair, re- sulting in a faster healing time. The Lysozyme works best when delivered through a saline solution that is closest to the natural elements of the body. The isotonic solution is both salt and pH balanced to that of the human body, ensuring that the solution (with its antibacterial enzyme) is readily and easily accepted at the wound site. This formulation helps increase blood circulation to the affected area, and the sea salt ensures that 82 essential trace ele- ments and miner- als are provided for new cell growth. Ocean Aid Spray is a patented formula that is packaged under sterile conditions. It comes in a state-of-the-art container whose interi- or lining prevents bacteria or any other airborne particles from contaminating its contents. Ocean Aid Spray is a topi- cal antimicrobial cleaning, debriding and nutrient replacement spray used on wounds, including stage I–IV, pres- sure ulcers, diabetic ulcers, burns, post- surgical wounds, psoriasis, epidermoly- 164 www.podiatrym.com PODIATRY MANAGEMENT • JANUARY 2007 Ocean Aid is changing the way healthcare professionals will approach future wound care. PROFILES IN EXCELLENCE 2007 PROFILES IN EXCELLENCE 2007 Ocean Aid: Completely Natural Antibacterial Wound Care Products that Work Debrided gangrene toes 2,3 of a 54 year old diabetic male 6th day using Ocean Aid Spray 3 times a day 3 weeks after first use
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by offering products that promote cellgrowth, while selectively destroyingthose bacteria that are harmful. OceanAid currently manufacturers 2 prod-ucts: Ocean Aid Spray and Ocean AidMoisturizing Foam. Ocean Aid, Inc. isdeveloping a novel product line usingnatural sea salt and enzymes that killonly harmful bacteria.
Ocean Aid Sprayis a patented formu-la composed of re-verse osmosis water,sea salt, andLysozyme. Al-though simple informula, its work-ings are complex.Lysozyme is a selec-tive antibacterial en-zyme that killsgram-positive bacte-ria. The end result here is that the bac-teria are destroyed while the cells in thewound are allowed to repair and growto accelerate healing time. Other prod-ucts use antiseptics and disinfectants tokill bacteria. Antiseptics and disinfec-tants, yes, do kill bacteria, but also de-stroy the healing tissues (includingscaffolding subcutaneous structuresand migrating and regenerating epithe-lial cells), and the inflammatory cells
By Eddie Kolos andMarty Stern
When it comes to woundcare, medicine has reached apoint where the current lines oftreatment products are not nearly aseffective as they had been in pastyears. This may be due to antibodiesthat have developed from using medi-cine with some chemical-based ingre-dients. Whatever the reason, woundcare products today, in many cases,have become virtually useless.
Ocean Aid, Inc. researches, in-vents, and manufactures an armamen-tarium of completely natural antibacteri-al wound care products that work. Indoing so, Ocean Aid is changing theway healthcare professionals will ap-proach future wound care, and howthey can best manage it. The questionsof importance to Ocean Aid include:Why do other companies’ products useantiseptics and disinfectants to cleanwounds? (They kill bacteria and regener-ating cells—this actually slows the heal-ing process.) Why should a petroleum-or ointment-based product be used?(Wouldn’t this cut off the air supply tothe wound and slow cell growth?) Whydon’t existing topical wound care prod-ucts provide minerals to create an envi-ronment that nourishes the wound site?
Traditional allopathic thinkingabout wound care is clear—it is simplydestroy, destroy, destroy. The philoso-phy of Ocean Aid is different: OceanAid takes a more proactive approach
that are cleaning up necroticdebris and harmful bacteria.Unlike the other products onthe market the goal of OceanAid is to kill microbial invadersand provide essential minerals
to enhance cell growth and repair, re-sulting in a faster healing time. TheLysozyme works best when deliveredthrough a saline solution that is closestto the natural elements of the body.The isotonic solution is both salt andpH balanced to that of the humanbody, ensuring that the solution (withits antibacterial enzyme) is readily and
easily accepted atthe wound site.This formulationhelps increaseblood circulationto the affectedarea, and the seasalt ensures that 82essential trace ele-ments and miner-als are provided fornew cell growth.Ocean Aid Spray is
a patented formula that is packagedunder sterile conditions. It comes in astate-of-the-art container whose interi-or lining prevents bacteria or any otherairborne particles from contaminatingits contents. Ocean Aid Spray is a topi-cal antimicrobial cleaning, debridingand nutrient replacement spray usedon wounds, including stage I–IV, pres-sure ulcers, diabetic ulcers, burns, post-surgical wounds, psoriasis, epidermoly-
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of Orthopedics at New Haven Hospitalin North Carolina, Ocean Aid productswere shown to be well-received by thepatients, cost-effective, and easy to ad-minister. In this study, diabetic patientswith stage-2 and stage-3 ulcers were in-
structed to use OceanAid Spray as the soletopical product. Theywere told to clean thewound by soaking asterile gauze in OceanAid Spray and thenapplying this gauze tothe wound. At thispoint, the gauze be-came a wet-to-drydressing, which would
be re-soaked 3 more times each day byspraying the intact gauze. Wounds werethen débrided every 10 to 14 days bysharp dissection to the appropriate levelof bleeding tissue. When the ulcer hadimproved sufficiently to a Wagner-1depth, the spray was used without adressing 3 to 4 times daily until healed.
While this study represents only aphase 2 clinical trial, it is of interest tonote that none of the lesions becameinfected or reinfected while using thisproduct. This is attributable to thenatural antimicrobial actions oflysozyme in the product.
The study also examined the use ofOcean Aid Moisturizing Foam as apostoperative dressing following a phe-nol-alcohol procedure. Twenty-one pa-tients including several diabetic pa-tients were followed for an average of 2to 3 months after a phenol-alcoholprocedure for permanent correction ofan infected ingrown toenail. Patientswere instructed to leave their postoper-ative bandage in place for the first 24hours, then to remove the bandage,and drain and flush the wound withOcean Aid Moisturizing Foam. In thisprocedure, the foam product was pre-ferred to the spray because the foamwas easier to use in a small area (like atoe). Patients were instructed to dis-pense Ocean Aid Moisturizing Foamonto a cotton swab and apply this to
sis bullosa, abrasions, and insect bites.Ocean Aid Moisturizing Foam is
appropriate for many conditions thatarise daily in the podiatrist’s practice.Based on the same concepts as thespray, Ocean Aid Moisturizing Foam ismade fromall-natural in-gredients thatcomplementthe humanbody’s ownhealing pro-cesses. UsingOcean AidMoisturizingFoam after op-erative phe-nol/alcohol treatments, as well asother dermal chemical treatments,provides the patient relief from painand protection from harmful bacteria;it acts as an invisible bandage. TheOcean Aid Moisturizing Foam doesnot clog dermal pores, and it is easy toapply. Again, cross-contamination isnot an issue. The foam is indicated forpsoriasis, postoperative phenol/alcoholtreatment, porokeratotic lesions, mosa-ic verruca, verruca plantaris, mollus-cum contagiosum, and hereditary ker-atosis punctata plantaris.
Ocean Aid, Inc. was established tooffer practicing podiatrists the optionof having a line of all-natural, safe, ef-fective, and easy-to-use products,which they can dispense from their of-fice. The entire line of Ocean Aid prod-ucts is safe for the diabetic population,which is growing at an unprecedentedrate. In the coming months and years,the practicing podiatrist will be facingmore and more diabetic patients withchronic wounds. Given this scenario,the Ocean Aid line of wound careproducts is the perfect complement toone’s daily office armamentarium.
In a clinical study performed by Dr.Paul Glaser, DPM, FACFS, of SummitPodiatry, PC in Wilmington, North Car-olina, Glaser Foot & Ankle Clinic inWhiteville, North Carolina, and seniorattending physician for the Department
the toe 3 to 4 times a day, covering itwith a fabric bandage, and then leav-ing it exposed to the air at night after 3days. Results showed that all woundshealed without complication. Whencompared with a control group, phe-nol-induced inflammation regressedsignificantly sooner in the Ocean AidMoisturizing Foam group. Additional-ly, when the foam group was com-pared with the control group, overallhealing time was reduced to the 90thstate in 2 to 3 weeks compared withthe more common 3 to 5 weeks whentopical antibiotics alone are used.
In conclusion, Ocean Aid Sprayand Ocean Aid Moisturizing Foam arecost-effective and well-accepted natu-ral products for the skin conditionsmentioned previously and as woundcare dressings.
In acute skin conditions, the aver-age treatment course of 2 to 3 weekswould cost $30 to $50 for Ocean Aidproducts compared with hundreds ofdollars for comparable topicalsteroids. Chronic skin conditions re-
quire constant care, which can costthousands of dollars per year. Also,there is the issue that some productscan negatively affect the immune sys-tem (e.g., topical or oral corticos-teroids). Ocean Aid products containan isotonic solution of sea salt withall trace elements and natural antimi-crobial Lysozyme that nurture tissuesby promoting natural healing.
For the practicing podiatrist,
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A post phenol and alcohol procedure.
Diabetic patients find it easy to use at home.
products. Ocean Aid consistentlybrings about the highest degree ofpatient satisfaction.
Ocean Aid continues to usetheir innovative approach using thepatented technologies, ingredients,and methods to create additionalproducts that will be extremelybeneficial to you in your practice,as well as to your patients.
Ocean Aid understands that youand your business require only theutmost level of performance in theproducts you use. Based upon thisdemand Ocean Aid will continue toprovide you with exceptional prod-ucts of the highest quality. Now isthe time to align with Ocean Aid,the first in first aid, and reap thebenefits that lie ahead.
Ocean Aid products offer the optionof a natural product line that iscompletely safe for the diabetic pop-ulation. This product is non-irritat-ing to any skin type; it is used in theactual operations and used by thepatient as the primary product fortheir wound care. Ocean Aid is alsoused for a number of dermal condi-tions and is being searched out bypatients looking for natural prod-ucts. This increases the number ofpatients that will return for moreproducts to treat other dermal con-ditions not necessarily related topodiatric medicine.
Podiatrists will now have the po-tential opportunity to take over thefirst aid market by offering the useof safe, effective and easy-to-use
For more information and sam-ples, please contact us at 1-800-420-2326. Or visit us online at:www.oceanaidproducts.com, or circle#168 on the reader service card.
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