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Transparent Dressings

​All You Need To Know About Transparent Dressings

Transparent dressing is made up of a thin transparent sheet that allows for easy inspection of the wound bed. It allows you to check the healing progress and the amount of wound drainage. Transparent film dressing protects the skin in pressure spots and keeps the affected area moist for faster healing.

Hydrogel Dressings

All You Need To Know About Hydrogel Dressings

Hydrogel dressing is designed to manage fluid exchange on the surface of the wound. It consists of 90% water suspended in a gel base. The water content in the wound gel dressing provides moisture to the wound and helps in faster wound healing.

Hydrocolloid Dressings

All You Need To Know About Hydrocolloid Dressings

Hydrocolloid dressing is known to have a unique design. It includes an adhesive compound containing gel-forming agents like gelatin or sodium carboxymethylcellulose. The adhesive compound is laminated on a film or foam made from polyurethane. The dressing so formed is absorbent, flexible, waterproof and self-adhering.

Alginate Dressings

Alginate Dressing – Frequently Asked Questions

Alginate Dressing is used to cover or fill a variety of wound areas including those colonised heavily with pathogenic bacteria. It is composed of calcium and sodium fibers derived from seaweed. This absorbent seaweed dressing can absorb moderate to large amounts of drainage and can also control minor bleeding.

Wound Dressings

How do Dressings Prevent Risk of Infection at Catheter Sites?

A sterile gauze or transparent dressing at the catheter site is effective in preventing infections. Reduced change frequency, visual inspection of the site and improved comfort are its other benefits.

Silver Dressings

Wound Healing and Antimicrobial Properties of Silver Dressings

The antimicrobial properties of silver are utilized effectively in wound and burn dressings. It also allows a longer wear time, traps wound malodor and creates an optimal wound healing environment.

Wound Cleansers

Importance of Wound Cleansers in Wound Healing

Wound cleansers is required to remove cellular debris surface pathogens and allow for wound bed preparation to facilitate an optimal healing environment. They are mostly non-cytotoxic and also curtail bacterial growth on the wound site.

Burn Dressings

Best Selling Burn Care Dressings Of 2024

Burn wound dressings create a positive healing environment. They are anti-bacterial, highly absorbent, easy to wear and contour to wound surfaces. Expediting the healing process, they allow greater patient comfort.

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Exam gloves, used on a daily basis by both healthcare and non-healthcare professionals to maintain sanitation and hygiene, have varying features.

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