Abstract: The invention relates to a bandage or wound dressing fabricated from a natural or synthetic film-forming material, such as a hydrophobic polymeric membrane, incorporating a therapeutically effective amount of one or more therapeutically active (e.g. anti-microbial) compounds, including Triclosan, within the matrix thereof. The incorporation of Triclosan provides continuous inherent control of the growth of a broad range of microorganisms, which promotes better wound care management and wound healing.

Abstract: A process for accurately controlling the intrinsic viscosity of sulfite pulp at the termination of a digestion operation comprising predetermining the duration of digestion time required to obtain a given pulp intrinsic viscosity for a range of initial weight ratios of combined SO.sub.2 to wood, determining during the digestion operation the initial weight ratio of combined SO.sub.2 to wood by measuring the rate of change of absorbance in the digestion cooking liquor and terminating the digestion operation at a time corresponding to the predetermined time required to obtain the given pulp intrinsic viscosity at the aforesaid combined SO.sub.2 to wood ratio.