When a reduction in microbial load of a wound is required, antiseptic dressings can be used. Dressings should be selected for their ability to promote an optimal environment for healing, their lack of cytotoxic effects on human cells and to reduce the selection of resistant bacterial strains. Suprasorb X + PHMB is a new antiseptic dressing that has these properties, combining Suprasorb X, a unique HydroBalance dressing that is able to both absorb and donate moisture, with PHMB, an antiseptic compound with no known cytotoxicity or resistance.