. . "A wound dressing adapted to cover and contact a wound, said wound dressing comprising a support structure in communication with a cationic aqueous hydrogel that comprises from about 15 to about 95 percent by weight of an inherently antimicrobial quaternary amine acrylate polymer having the formula: wherein n is an integer of 2 to 3; R???, R??? and R?????? are independently selected from the group" . .