Covidien Kerlix AMD Antimicrobial Super Sponges

Kerlix AMD Antimicrobial Super Sponges

Key Features:

• Help minimize infection exposure from strike-though
• Reduce bacterial penetration through the dressing
• Resist bacterial colonization within the dressing
• Broad-spectrum effectiveness provides protection against gram negative, gram positive and fungi/yeast microorganisms including MRSA and VRE
• Help reduce the risk of hospital acquired infection
• Help prevent infections from growing and spreading in the dressing
• Limit cross-contamination from patient to patient, patient to clinician, and patient to the environment
• No negative impact to epithelialization
• Maintain balance of native skin flora levels
• Hypoallergenic sponge
• Sterile

Indications for use:

• Can be used as a primary dressing to minimize bacterial log counts in the wound bed
• Can be used as a secondary dressing to eliminate growth within the gauze and protect against bacterial proliferation through the gauze

How PHMB Works?

AMD Antimicrobial dressings contain PHMB (polyhexamethylene biguanide), a bacteria-killing polymer. PHMB attacks bacteria on and within the dressing fabric, helping keep infection out of the wound and limiting cross-contamination. Here is how PHMB works:

• PHMB binds to phospholipid (outer) membrane of bacteria
• Disrupts membrane, causing cytoplasm to leak out
• Protective layer of cell disintegrates
• Cell collapses and dies

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Effective Against:

• Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
• Vancomycin-resistant enterococcus (VRE)
• Acinetobacter baumannii
• Staphylococcus epidermidis
• Pseudomonas aeruginosa
• Escherichia coli
• Candida albicans
• Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus
• Proteus mirabilis
• Serratia marcescens
• Enterobacter cloacae
• Klebsiella pneumoniae
• Enterococcus faecalis
• Propionibacterium acnes

Precautions:

• Dakins Solution may inactivate PHMB
• This will impact dressing efficacy but should not be dangerous to patient health