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A wound that just won’t heal? Looking for the right wound dressing? We’ll help you find. Dressings play a key role in the healing of wounds and are vital for wound care. Choosing the right wound care product is important for quick recovery because it comes into direct contact with the wound unlike a bandage. It protects the wound from infection, absorbs exudate and creates the right environment for healing. Manage chronic and difficult-to-heal wounds with different types of medical dressings like silver, collagen, antimicrobial, topical, hydrogel, alginate, mepilex, iodine, gauze, hydrocolloid, hydrocellular and hydrofiber. Also available are silicone and honey dressings as well astopical and composite dressings.
There are multiple choices in wound dressings. Know your wound type because each dressing is designed to tackle specific conditions. Picking the right one, as recommended by your wound care professional, will ensure that recovery is fast.
For a wound with heavy exudate, the dressing needed is one that not only absorbs the excess drainage but also keeps the wound moist. Excess moisture does not promote healing but at the same time, some amount is needed to help it. So, the key here is getting the right level of moisture.
For heavy exudate, absorbent dressings are required. These may be used as primary or secondary dressing and are designed to have minimum adherence to the wound bed. They do not allow infection to set in because the bacteria are trapped inside the dressing along with cellular debris and the excess exudate. Absorbent dressings promote healing through natural debridement and new skin growth.
Wounds with moderate-to-heavy exudate can be treated with alginate dressings made with natural alginate fibers from seaweed. They are flat or rope dressings and ideal for pressure ulcers, venous ulcers, diabetic foot ulcers, burns, cavity wounds and wounds associated with diabetes. Initially dry, but once placed on a wound these dressings absorb the exudate and become gel-like. Tegaderm alginate dressings and Maxorb alginate dressings are popular buys.
Foam dressings with honey are effective in handling heavy exudate. The foam absorbs the exudate and honey is released to ensure the right level of moisture in the wound bed for fast healing. Hollister, Medline and Covidien are top manufacturers of foam dressings.
Hydrofiber dressings are absorbent, too. They form a gel on absorbing the wound fluid and conform to the wound surface.
Wounds with light drainage can be treated with hydrocolloid dressings. Dry-to-minimally draining ulcers and open surgical wounds need hydrogel dressings.
Choosing the right type of dressing can keep your wound free from infections and promote quick healing. Browse through our catalog and related articles to help make the right decision.